Counter
Counter verb - To strive to reduce or eliminate.
Yield
Yield verb - To give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit).
Usage example: I finally yielded to temptation and had a bowl of ice cream
How words are described
| full | full counter | full yield |
| best | best counter | best yield |
| similar | similar counter | similar yield |
| normal | normal counter | normal yield |
| Other adjectives: right, strong, final, viable. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- A Tanoomba's attacks are ridiculously easy to dodge/counter, and they yield thirty experience points and the occasional Green Pepper (for comparison, a Dry Bones from Hoohoo Mountain gives six XP); Bomb-ombs are tougher to deal with, but they yield almost fifty XP apiece and sometimes drop Nuts.
Source: Peninsula of Power Leveling -
In the God of War games, a gratuitous rolling dodge is a good way to move around without the combo counter resetting back to zero, which is desirable because longer combos yield more experience points to unlock powers.
Source: Unnecessary Combat Roll
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