Compound and Form

Compound

Compound verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.

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Form and compound are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Form" instead a verb "Compound".

Nearby Words: compounded, compounding

Form verb - To take on a definite form.

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Compound and form are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compound" instead a verb "Form".

Nearby Words: formal, formation, formed, formality, formless

human	human compound	human form
old	old compound	old form
rare	rare compound	rare form
special	special compound	special form
Other adjectives: similar, specific, powerful, actual, new, different.

It's a compound which is liquid until it sets, then stays in the given form forever.

Source: Minovsky Physics
The simplified form seen in "Realm of Shadows" was a psychoactive compound that caused people to lash out and savagely attack others, while the more refined form in "Children of Arkham" caused them to lose their moral filters.

Source: Video Game / Batman: The Telltale Series
Partly, this comes from the definition of what a word is - the languages in question can form long compound words which are the equivalent of whole phrases in other languages.

Source: Useful Notes / Linguistics

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