Care and Thorn

Care

Care noun - Strict attentiveness to what one is doing.

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Thorn and care are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thorn" instead a noun "Care".

Thorn noun - Something that is a source of irritation.

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Care and thorn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Care" instead a noun "Thorn".

Nearby Word: thorny

regular	regular care	regular thorn
alien	alien care	alien thorn
real	real care	real thorn
constant	constant care	constant thorn
Other adjectives: large, great, serious, little, bad, main, happy, general, extra, modern.

Thorn makes a daring rescue to get Starwind back, but she could care less for her biological son except that he might get Frostflower out of her Heroic B.S.O.D.. Frostflower on the other hand would do anything for her son, suffer torture, humiliation, death—but not kill.

Source: Literature / Frostflower and Thorn
However, The Stars Above show that she may genuinely care about stopping Thorn to avenge her sister.

Source: Fanfic / Alexandra Quick
As for Lulu (the youngest of them, and only remaining Schiff) she was put to the care of the main characters after being cured of the Thorn.

Source: Suicide by Sunlight

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