Credit and Sway

Credit

Credit noun - The power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly.

Usage example: despite his legal woes, he has not yet lost all his credit with the administration in the White House

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Sway and credit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sway" instead a noun "Credit".

Sway noun - The power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly.

Usage example: outdated attitudes that still hold sway in some communities

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Credit and sway are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Credit" instead a noun "Sway".

Nearby Words: swayed, swaying

individual	individual credit	individual sway
full	full credit	full sway
considerable	considerable credit	considerable sway
massive	massive credit	massive sway
Other adjectives: little, lower, major, less, additional, ridiculous.

actions	credit actions	sway actions
war	credit war	sway war

For example, that's Kate Radley counting in the background in "200 Bars" for almost 4 entire minutes without any other vocals (Pierce comes in after she gets to 100), Mark Refoy gets a writing credit for "Sway", three guest vocalists show up on "The Slide Song", and so on.

Source: Music / Spiritualized

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