Conserve
Conserve verb - To avoid the wasteful or destructive use of.
Use
Use verb - To put into action or service.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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It's such a cool effect that the player is commonly tempted to conserve the artifact's energy and rarely use it, even though it can be recharged just about everywhere.
Source: Too Awesome to Use -
They all have at least two forms: their true demonic form, and a more human-looking form they seem to use when mingling among humans, and possibly to conserve energy as well.
Source: Voluntary Shapeshifting -
It's often better to conserve the MP and just attack the enemy directly (or use his other skills) than to rely on those two.
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