Conferred
Used and conferred are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Used" instead a verb "Conferred".
Nearby Words: confer, conferring
Both words in one sentence
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Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars used a targeting-based combat system, but each enemy had one or more red circles on their body that, if hit by the center of the reticule, conferred a critical hit.
Source: Critical Hit - Used on, of all things, the nature program Mutant Planet, when a male honey possum briefly closed one eye as the narrator explained the evolutionary advantage conferred by this mouse-sized marsupial's (very!) large set of testicles.
Source: Wink Ding
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Used and Conferred. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 09, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/conferred/used
Conferred & Used. N.p., 2016. Web. 09 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/conferred/used>.
Used or Conferred. 2016. Accessed August 09, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/conferred/used.
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