Combat
Combat noun - Active fighting during the course of a war.
Understanding and combat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Understanding" instead a noun "Combat".
Understanding
Understanding noun - An arrangement about action to be taken.
Combat and understanding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Combat" instead a noun "Understanding".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Even though he's a high school boy with no combat experience and very little understanding of magic.
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He also furthered understanding his own powers in how to apply his speed in personal combat.
Source: Series / The Flash (2014) -
Guile Hero: Scudder is clearly capable in hand-to-hand combat but does most his of work by outwitting the bad guys, understanding how they think to get a psychological edge, etc, not by beating the crap out of them.
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