Concentrate and Distract

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Concentrate

Concentrate verb - To increase the amount of (a substance in a mixture) by removing other substances.
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Antonyms for Concentrate
Distract is an antonym for concentrate.
Nearby Words: concentrated, concentration, concentrating, concentric, concentrator

Distract

Distract verb - To draw the attention or mind to something else.
Usage example: we were distracted from our discussion by the noise outside
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Antonyms for Distract
Concentrate is an antonym for distract.
Nearby Words: distraction, distracting, distractedly
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Common collocations

attention concentrate attention distract attention
character concentrate character distract character
fire concentrate fire distract fire
monster concentrate monster distract monster
Other words: forces, players.
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