Create and Function

Create

Create verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Function and create are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Function" instead a verb "Create".

Function verb - To have a certain purpose.

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Create and function are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Create" instead a verb "Function".

fire	create fire	function fire
way	create way	function way
characters	create characters	function characters
effects	create effects	function effects
Other words: machine, weapon, spells, worlds, shields.

In Zoids, the Berserk Fuhrer's three-pronged "eggbeaters" function this way, as well as opening up to create energy shields or function as blades on their own.

Source: Wave-Motion Tuning Fork
What's interesting is that fire extinguishers can actually function as a hand grenade (though they won't create a fire explosion a real grenade would and will put out fire instead).

Source: Blind Idiot Translation / Real Life
First off, you can use a search function that explicitly tells you all possible demons you can create and how to create them, and secondly, you can finally pick and choose which abilities are inherited instead of having to let the RNG decide.

Source: Video Game / Devil Survivor

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