Check and Defect

Check

Check noun - A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something.

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Defect and check are semantically related In some cases you can use "Defect" instead a noun "Check".

Nearby Words: checked, checking, checkup, checker, checklist

Defect noun - Something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing.

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Check and defect are semantically related in blemish topic. Sometimes you can use "Check" instead a noun "Defect".

sound	sound check	sound defect
initial	initial check	initial defect
single	single check	single defect
glaring	glaring check	glaring defect
Other adjectives: small, powerful, entire, real, big, serious, personal.

She looked into the cruelly bright mirror, cruel because being so often used to check a disguising makeup, it revealed rather than softened every defect of complexion and feature.

Source: Description in the Mirror
Fake Defector: In "Check Mate" a KGB agent offers himself to the CIA and then asks to defect.

Source: Series / The Assets
In Panzer Dragoon Saga, the Black Fleet (some of the Empire's most elite forces) defect, and claim a specific artifact (the woman Azel) to keep the Emperor's ambitions in check.

Source: Archaeological Arms Race

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