Check and Use

Check

Check noun - The amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount.

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Use and check are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Use" instead the word "Check" as a noun or a verb.

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

Use noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.

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Check and use are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Check" instead the word "Use" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: useless, useful, used, usefulness, using

good	good check	good use
full	full check	full use
usual	usual check	usual use
standard	standard check	standard use
Other adjectives: free, proper, single, popular, real, successful, constant, extensive, little, personal.

fire	check fire	use fire
body	check body	use body
name	check name	use name
time	check time	use time
Other words: head, phone, card, hands, times, names.

An exception to this cognitive weakness can exist in the more intelligent types of sociopaths who do know how to Cut Lex Luthor a Check and use their skills to rise in the social hierarchy.

Source: Analysis / The Sociopath
Fred then asks if he could use it to check on the Swedish Women's Swimming Team, to check if they were doing anything "naughty".

Source: Parental Bonus
Stephen uses a cashier's check, and scoffs at the idea of a briefcase full of money, saying that only Russian mafia men and Hollywood spies use still use them.

Source: Film / The Brothers Bloom

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