Contract
Contract verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).
Usage example: before vaccines were invented, people lived in fear of contracting polio
Gain
Gain verb - To become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number.
Usage example: the new version of the car gained in both width and length compared to the earlier model
How words are described
| good | good contract | good gain |
| better | better contract | better gain |
| standard | standard contract | standard gain |
| original | original contract | original gain |
| Other adjectives: legitimate, open, actual, massive, big, huge, social, personal, permanent, major, recent, long-term. | ||
Common collocations
| traits | contract traits | gain traits |
Both words in one sentence
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Anybody who uses the website can form a contract and gain the ability to summon demons and cast spells through their phones.
Source: Video Game / Devil Survivor 2 - This trope much better fits the way Flame Haze gain their powers, which is essentially through a contract with a god.
Source: Touched by Vorlons -
Unfortunately, there are insane Kuei-Jin, and they gain strange powers from the magical radioactive poisoning they contract there.
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