Change and Gain

Change

Change noun - The act, process, or result of making different.

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Gain and change are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gain" instead a noun "Change".

Gain noun - Something added (as by growth).

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Change and gain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Change" instead a noun "Gain".

Nearby Words: gained, gaining, gainful, gainer

obvious	obvious change	obvious gain
simple	simple change	simple gain
small	small change	small gain
actual	actual change	actual gain
Other adjectives: real, massive, big, great, huge, little, slight, social, permanent, major, political, minor, apparent, temporary, significant, radical, rapid, recent, sudden.

life	change life	gain life
form	change form	gain form
time	change time	gain time
way	change way	gain way
Other words: bit, weapons, lives.

The 4 Heroes Of Light lets your characters wear different hats instead to gain abilities in addition of the game letting you change character's clothes when you change body equipments.

Source: Virtual Paper Doll
Overuse will cause your characters to randomly gain/lose magic, your original party characters would be randomly deleted or corrupted, your characters would randomly change level, etc.

Source: Money for Nothing
The Varia Suit didn't gain its trademark shoulder pads until Metroid II, where the change in costume had to be conveyed with a proper sprite change because of the Game Boy's graphical limitations.

Source: Franchise / Metroid

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