Bluff
Bluff noun - A steep wall of rock, earth, or ice.
Risk
Risk noun - Something that may cause injury or harm.
How words are described
| good | good bluff | good risk |
| similar | similar bluff | similar risk |
| certain | certain bluff | certain risk |
| obvious | obvious bluff | obvious risk |
| Other adjectives: small, real, big, great, huge, major, apparent, larger. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Goldfinger was also perfectly willing to just let Bond be cut in half by his laser, and it's only because he realizes he can't afford to risk the chance that Bond's bluff is not a bluff that Bond survives.
Source: Film / Goldfinger - Sima Yi is wary of Zhuge Liang's (entirely fictional) strategic brilliance and assumes it to be a triple bluff as Zhuge Liang's plans never leave his army open to this kind of risk.
Source: It Only Works Once -
This likely fuels her anger when Syndrome is willing to risk her death to call Incredible's bluff.
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