Defect and Fit

Defect

Defect noun - Something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing.

Fit and defect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fit" instead a noun "Defect".

Fit

Fit noun - A sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder.

Defect and fit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defect" instead a noun "Fit".

Nearby Words: fitting, fitted, fitness, fitment

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

female female defect female fit
physical physical defect physical fit
rare rare defect rare fit
similar similar defect similar fit
Other adjectives: poor, big, superior, few, fatal, strange.

Common collocations

number defect number fit number
show defect show fit show

Both words in one sentence

  • Split Personality Lara Notsil/Gara Petothel/Kirney Slane, though she might appear to fit the trope and once dreamed of her different personae arguing, is really a spy who started Becoming the Mask and soon had a genuine desire to defect, as well as some unstable identity issues.
  • Operation Red Love: After joining the GUAC, Shogo Makishima sees it fit to show the differences between evil and chaos by having the infamous Yandere Quartet defect to the GUAC as he finds them to be very useful pawns as they follow their desires more than anyone in the Pantheon.
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