Count and Rely

Count

Count verb - To place reliance or trust.
Usage example: I'm counting on you to show up tomorrow to help me move

Rely is a synonym for count in believe topic. In some cases you can use "Rely" instead a verb "Count", when it comes to topics like think.

Rely

Rely verb - To place reliance or trust.
Usage example: rigorously tested the rope before starting out, for the rock climbers would be relying on it with their very lives

Count is a synonym for rely in believe topic. You can use "Count" instead a verb "Rely", if it concerns topics such as think, depend, have confidence in.

Nearby Words: reliable, relying, relied

Common collocations

people count people rely people
time count time rely time
way count way rely way
bit count bit rely bit
Other words: game, version, movies, shots, weapons.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Final Fantasy III Peninsula of Power Leveling: If the party can handle the splitting monsters with ease without needing to rely on katanas, then any cave can count.
  • Dark Action Girl Every female villain in the Pretty Cure franchise does count to a degree, but the most outstanding example is Dark Precure who doesn't rely on Monsters of the Week.
  • Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism It is an entire class with around 450 described species(it is hard to count because there are no shared genetic pools, so we have to rely on morphological differences), reproducing exclusively through parthenogenesis.
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