Defect
Defect verb - Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.
Move
Move verb - To change the place or position of.
How words are described
| physical | physical defect | physical move |
| rare | rare defect | rare move |
| similar | similar defect | similar move |
| common | common defect | common move |
| Other adjectives: certain, single, powerful, real, big, possible, fatal, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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It's also an eroge, though there is an option to disable some adult content.Hisao Nakai, a normal boy living a normal life, has it turned upside down when a congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school after a long hospitalization.
Source: Visual Novel / Katawa Shoujo
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Move or Defect. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/defect/move.
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