Concern and Focus

Concern

Concern noun - A commercial or industrial activity or organization.

Focus and concern are semantically related In some cases you can use "Focus" instead a noun "Concern".

Nearby Words: concerned, concerning, concernment

Focus

Focus noun - A thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest.

Concern and focus are semantically related in attention topic. Sometimes you can use "Concern" instead a noun "Focus", if it concerns topics such as subject.

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

How words are described

special special concern special focus
particular particular concern particular focus
true true concern true focus
obvious obvious concern obvious focus
Other adjectives: actual, real, constant, large, big, extreme, great, serious, huge, little, main, major, sole, secondary, less, greater, primary, bigger, biggest.

Common collocations

life concern life focus life
series concern series focus series
times concern times focus times
efforts concern efforts focus efforts

Both words in one sentence

  • Tabletop Game / Nobilis Their concern is Beauty, and though some focus on beauty of spirit (and thus would be considered 'good') others are horrifyingly shallow.
  • Series / The Gates Sarah is the focus of this among the adult cast though how much of that is concern for her and how much is because she's friends with the bad witch is up in the air.
  • Useful Notes / 3-D Movie There has also been some recent concern about 3D movies wreaking havoc with the focus and convergence of people's vision.
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