Cling and Keep

Cling

Cling verb - To hold to something firmly as if by adhesion.

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Keep and cling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Cling".

Nearby Words: clinging, clingy

Keep verb - To continue to have in one's possession or power.

Usage example: keep my secret and don't tell it to anyone

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Cling and keep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cling" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

He's so powerless usually, all his life even, that any whiff of power makes him cling onto it so hard he'll even consider suicide to keep it.

Source: Drunk with Power
Touka manages to cling to hope and keep moving, while Tsukiyama appears to have fallen into an Angst Coma.

Source: Manga / Tokyo Ghoul
Arguably just as exciting was the third Test a week later where Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath (at that time the worst Test batsman in the world) managed to cling on for a draw to keep the series level.

Source: Down to the Last Play