Boss
Boss noun - The person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do.
Cap
Cap noun - A small mass containing medicine to be taken orally.
How words are described
| old | old boss | old cap |
| full | full boss | full cap |
| similar | similar boss | similar cap |
| normal | normal boss | normal cap |
| Other adjectives: complete, regular, certain, current, standard, original, single, actual, real, big, huge, black, white, new, former, apparent, different, literal. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The level cap is 99, and you only gain a level after defeating a boss, with some minor stat growth for a few battles after each boss.
Source: Absurdly High Level Cap - Meaning, if you want to hit the level cap, you'll need to beat every boss in one playthrough, start a New Game+, beat every boss again, beat the game again, and start over for a third time.
Source: Absurdly High Level Cap - Etrian Odyssey played with this trope just a bit in its first game; The player's level cap is 70, but beating the story final boss can be done at slightly lower than 60.
Source: Absurdly High Level Cap
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