Confer and Provide

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Confer verb - To give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly.

Usage example: the British monarch continues to confer knighthood on those who are outstanding in their fields of endeavor

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Provide is a synonym for confer in award topic. In some cases you can use "Provide" instead a verb "Confer", when it comes to topics like furnish.

Provide verb - To put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption.

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Confer is a synonym for provide in furnish topic. You can use "Confer" instead a verb "Provide", if it concerns topics such as make available.

ability	confer ability	provide ability
power	confer power	provide power
benefit	confer benefit	provide benefit
protection	confer protection	provide protection
Other words: sort, variety, effect, advantage, effects, insight, bonus, boost, items, points, benefits, abilities, boosts, bonuses, buffs.

However, they don't provide the stat bonuses or increased lifespan that natural digivolution would confer, so the resultant Digimon will invariably end up extremely underpowered and won't live long.

Source: Video Game / Digimon World
Limited inventory space does help provide an impetus to actually use the items while they still confer a significant bonus, though (+150 HP is a game-changer when you normally have a couple hundred; by the time you reach the level cap it's a pretty pathetic tank who isn't boasting at least 10k).

Source: Too Awesome to Use

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