Cheap and Light

Cheap

Cheap adjective - Involving minimal difficulty or effort.
Usage example: the boxer's early bouts were cheap wins, but now he's moving up to the top ranks of boxing

Light and cheap are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Light" instead an adjective "Cheap".

Nearby Words: cheapen, cheaply, cheapness

Light

Light adjective - Involving minimal difficulty or effort.
Usage example: a little light work was all it took to straighten up the room

Cheap and light are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cheap" instead an adjective "Light".

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / The Battle for Middle-Earth Suspiciously Small Army Training the Peaceful Villagers: The "Resist" Good general power in BFME give weapons, and light armors to Rohan peasants, making them a cheap infantry.
  • Though comms with light hour range are cheap, small and common, which allows good coordination of space battles.
  • Video Game / Medieval II: Total War Light infantry are generally poor on their own, but are cheap, quick and good for flanking enemy infantry and running down heavy infantry and archers.
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