Course
Course verb - To go after or on the track of.
Usage example: after coursing the conspirators for months, the federal agents closed in and made the arrests
Guide
Guide verb - To give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed.
How words are described
| good | good course | good guide |
| best | best course | best guide |
| similar | similar course | similar guide |
| short | short course | short guide |
| Other adjectives: certain, original, actual, entire, real, huge, quick, main, practical, moral, new, major, general, final, basic, local, online. | ||
Common collocations
| son | course son | guide son |
Both words in one sentence
- Then, of course, there are the convoluted and mind-screwing mazes that will inevitably call for a step guide.
Source: Guide Dang It / Puzzle Games -
Of course, for that to happen, you need a unit with sensor backpack to help guide the missiles.
Source: Video Game / Front Mission - Of course, considering what happened in the last game...Dave: But that was a traveler's guide to Boise!
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