Benefit and Progress

Benefit

Benefit noun - A thing that helps.

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Progress and benefit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Progress" instead the word "Benefit" as a noun or a verb.

Progress noun - Forward movement in time or place.

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Benefit and progress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Benefit" instead the word "Progress" as a noun or a verb.

human	human benefit	human progress
good	good benefit	good progress
positive	positive benefit	positive progress
considerable	considerable benefit	considerable progress
Other adjectives: substantial, relative, actual, real, great, little, slight, personal, major, general, minor, few, additional, significant, scientific, economic, magical, medical.

Instead, he takes a third option by creating an invention that allows him to dig underneath the Rocky Mountains, which had the added benefit of hiding his progress from his competitors.

Source: Take a Third Option
Terra Deforming: progress-minded Europeans see areas not used for some sort of direct benefit for humans as wasted.

Source: Tabletop Game / Space 1889
Space 1889 progress-minded Europeans see areas not used for some sort of direct benefit for humans as wasted.

Source: Terra Deforming

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