Buff and Grind

Buff

Buff verb - To make smooth by friction.

Usage example: she learned to buff semiprecious stones in order to make her own jewelry

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Grind and buff are semantically related in gloss topic. In some cases you can use "Grind" instead the word "Buff" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: buffer, buffed, buffing

Grind verb - To make smooth by friction.

Usage example: after they are ground and polished, these stones can be used for jewelry

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Buff and grind are semantically related in gloss topic. Sometimes you can use "Buff" instead the word "Grind" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: grinding, grinder, grinded

long	long buff	long grind
true	true buff	true grind
single	single buff	single grind
massive	massive buff	massive grind
Other adjectives: big, serious, huge, major, military.

party	buff party	grind party
army	buff army	grind army
cards	buff cards	grind cards
weapon	buff weapon	grind weapon
Other words: enemy, fortress, everyone, units, enemies, members, stat, stats, monsters, mobs.

Grind Vorpal gives whoever's got the better offense a 10% damage boost once every 15 seconds and can sacrifice this buff for a BlazBlue-like Lag Cancel, sometimes leading to an Unstable Equilibrium.

Source: Video Game / Under Night In-Birth
But the basic grind is stiff enough that it sure does help to buy stuff like XP boosts and buff potions with actual money.

Source: Video Game / Lineage 2
If one is patient enough to grind gold to buy the tomes to continuously buff up the heroes they control (These being Rexxar and Rokhan, and later adding Chen and Cairne to the group), you'd end up with a group of overpowered heroes that would absolutely annihilate anything in their path.

Source: Game Breaker / Real-Time Strategy

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