Brilliance
Brilliance noun - The quality or state of having or giving off light.
Energy and brilliance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Energy" instead a noun "Brilliance".
Energy
Energy noun - A spiritual force that is held to emanate from or give animation to living beings.
Brilliance and energy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brilliance" instead a noun "Energy".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Which veers into Fridge Brilliance when you realise that the universe has both highly advanced teleportation technology and the ability to turn matter into pure energy (via the recycler).
Source: Video Game / Startopia -
A lot of the brilliance of Ork technology is really Justified by the Ork's latent psychic energy - if a large number of Orks in close proximity believe something should work, it will work even if by all logic it shouldn't.
Source: Gadgeteer Genius -
Also taking the Fridge Brilliance entry below into account, Miroku's body was made of souls/PSI energy and Ageha's abilities are anathema to that.
Source: Manga / Psyren
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