Bluff and Threat

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Bluff noun - A steep wall of rock, earth, or ice.

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Threat and bluff are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Threat" with "Bluff", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: bluffing, bluffer, bluffed, bluffy

Threat noun - Something that may cause injury or harm.

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Bluff and threat are semantically related in warning topic. Sometimes you can use "Bluff" instead a noun "Threat".

Nearby Words: threatening, threaten, threatened

clear	clear bluff	clear threat
similar	similar bluff	similar threat
obvious	obvious bluff	obvious threat
real	real bluff	real threat
Other adjectives: big, great, huge, major, mutual, larger.

Somewhat similarly, his final bomb threat in his Villainous Breakdown is also a bluff.

Source: Even Evil Has Standards / Video Games
The threat of revealing the recording, and using the few bits of information he has to back his bluff, is enough to drive The Prime Minister of Britain to suicide.

Source: No MacGuffin, No Winner
It doesn't work because it has enough programming on human psychology to realize that John's threat was most likely a bluff.

Source: Stop, or I Shoot Myself!

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