Concentrate and Expend

Concentrate

Concentrate verb - To increase the amount of (a substance in a mixture) by removing other substances.

Expend and concentrate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Expend" instead a verb "Concentrate".

Expend

Expend verb - To hand over or use up in payment.

Concentrate and expend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Concentrate" instead a verb "Expend".

Common collocations

effort concentrate effort expend effort
energy concentrate energy expend energy
heat concentrate heat expend heat
power concentrate power expend power
Other words: essence, amount, resources, spell, light, magic, ammo, willpower, amounts.
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