Compare and Establish

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Compare verb - To describe as similar.

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Establish and compare are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Establish" instead a verb "Compare".

Establish verb - To gain full recognition or acceptance of.

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Compare and establish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compare" instead a verb "Establish".

character	compare character	establish character
power	compare power	establish power
image	compare image	establish image
plot	compare plot	establish plot
Other words: series, time, personality, world.

Compare Pinch Me, except that, instead of trying to establish reality this character is trying to remain firmly grounded in it.

Source: Slap Yourself Awake
To be fair, Archanea wasn't as cliche in their day as they seem now - consider Archanea helped establish the genre it's a part of; compare Sword of Seals and The Sacred Stones, which were about a decade and a half after Archanea.

Source: Cliché Storm
Compare Tinfoil Hat, which is a shorthand to establish a character as a paranoid weirdo, and Rabble Rouser, who relies more on oratory than on writing skills.

Source: Manifesto-Making Malcontent

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