Bite
Bite noun - A harsh or sharp quality.
Compulsion and bite are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Compulsion" instead a noun "Bite".
Compulsion
Compulsion noun - The use of power to impose one's will on another.
Bite and compulsion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bite" instead a noun "Compulsion".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Other than a bite that inevitably turns or kills the victim, vampires have no innate compulsion towards evil.
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An even more severe form of Pica is Autophagia, which is all of the above except with the compulsion to bite off and consume chunks of your own flesh.
Source: Horror Hunger - If they concentrate they can temporarily resist the compulsion, but inevitably they will unconsciously bite, choke, and tear at themselves, over and over again.
Source: Literature / Book of the New Sun
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