Defect and Tie

Defect

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

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

Tie

Tie noun - A situation in which neither participant in a contest, competition, or struggle comes out ahead of the other.

Defect and tie are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defect" instead a noun "Tie".

Nearby Word: tied

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

physical physical defect physical tie
common common defect common tie
small small defect small tie
real real defect real tie
Other adjectives: big, permanent, different.

Common collocations

number defect number tie number
show defect show tie show
origins defect origins tie origins

Both words in one sentence

  • Defector from Decadence Besides Graneet, there were some TIE pilots who decided late into the novel to defect to the Rebel Alliance.
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