Convert
Convert verb - To cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request.
Usage example: many who used to insist that global warming was a myth have since been converted
Gain and convert are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gain" instead a verb "Convert".
Gain
Gain verb - To cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request.
Usage example: the radical party was able to gain some supporters with intense recruitment on college campuses
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| net | net convert | net gain |
| true | true convert | true gain |
| massive | massive convert | massive gain |
| potential | potential convert | potential gain |
| Other adjectives: easy, recent. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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You can purchase items that temporarily increase the amount of experience and karma you gain or convert gems into in-game money.
Source: Video Game / Guild Wars 2 - In the PC game Black & White, the various deities gain "faith points" when humans witness them doing things; one can convert villages by building up enough faith points.
Source: Clap Your Hands If You Believe -
You have to convert other villages to gain more influence, or make your main village so absurdly powerful that you can reach across the map.
Source: Video Game / Black & White
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