Change and Effect

Change

Change noun - The result of alteration or modification.

Usage example: there had been no change in the mountains

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Effect and change are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Effect" instead the word "Change" as a verb or a noun.

Effect noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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Change and effect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Change" instead a verb "Effect".

full	full change	full effect
nice	nice change	nice effect
exact	exact change	exact effect
similar	similar change	similar effect
Other adjectives: positive, complete, obvious, visible, actual, real, great, huge, little, interesting, noticeable, lasting, permanent, major, dramatic, minor, temporary, significant, visual.

life	change life	effect life
body	change body	effect body
future	change future	effect future
way	change way	effect way
Other words: world, voice, past, plans, times.

Some Star Roamer cards can change a "return a minion" effect into a "move a minion" effect, and they have a LOT of "return a minion" effects.

Source: Tabletop Game / Smash Up
As Technology Marches On, the "screen glass tap" sound effect is still in use despite being an Artifact due to the rise of flat-screen LCD's not made out of glass, though some uses now feature a "dull thump" sound effect instead to compensate for this change.

Source: Screen Tap
See Expository Hairstyles for some of the hairstyles a character might change from or to, to achieve the desired effect.

Source: Expository Hairstyle Change

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