Challenge
Challenge noun - A feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent.
Reply
Reply noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.
Usage example: I look forward to your reply to my request
How words are described
| similar | similar challenge | similar reply |
| common | common challenge | common reply |
| formal | formal challenge | formal reply |
| original | original challenge | original reply |
| Other adjectives: reasonable, simple, actual, real, infamous, decent, new. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Years Too Early: If you send Challenge greeting card to Antares, he will reply with something around this line.
Source: Video Game / .hack//G.U. -
Not So Stoic: Paul loves to play doubt-instilling mind games with the contestants, and will often pause meaningfully after receiving a contestant's reply to a specific question about their bake, or stand still at the end of their work bench and silently watch them carry out the challenge.
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