Benefit and Need

Benefit

Benefit noun - A thing that helps.

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Need and benefit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Need" instead a noun "Benefit".

Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.

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Benefit and need are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Benefit" instead a noun "Need".

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

human	human benefit	human need
good	good benefit	good need
low	low benefit	low need
special	special benefit	special need
Other adjectives: particular, usual, specific, obvious, selfish, actual, real, great, huge, little, personal, practical, immediate, general, possible, apparent, less, greater.

ability	benefit ability	need ability
power	benefit power	need power
hero	benefit hero	need hero
man	benefit man	need man
Other words: people, someone, blood, friends.

It's not a huge boost, as you still need to gather power ups to really build your character, but it does provide a small benefit that can help in the long term.

Source: Stat Grinding
Granted you still need knowledge society energy if you want the nicer structures to benefit your power production.

Source: Command & Conquer Economy
You need to force nuclear fusion to happen (stars have the benefit of their immense mass and gravity to do it for them), and any interruption just makes it shut down.

Source: Made of Explodium

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