Benefit
Benefit noun - A thing that helps.
Catch
Catch noun - A danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized.
How words are described
| good | good benefit | good catch |
| full | full benefit | full catch |
| best | best benefit | best catch |
| similar | similar benefit | similar catch |
| Other adjectives: specific, small, real, great, huge, little, slight, main, interesting, personal, major, few, extra, double, different, added. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The catch: Whenever his luck gives him a benefit, the universe seems to "balance" itself by either making him unable to benefit from it, or inflicting something bad on someone else.
Source: Born Lucky -
In one of LoadingReadyRun's Crap Shots, Alex just can't catch a break, no matter how much benefit of the doubt fortune-teller Kathleen gives his very disturbing sequence of draws.
Source: Tarot Troubles - It's made from a dead scorpion, and Harry muses about how nasty it would be to wear against bare skin, where its pincers could catch in a man's chest hairs or scratch the top of a woman's breasts; unfortunately, wearing a shirt in between would spoil whatever magical benefit it might confer.
Source: Deliberately Painful Clothing
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