Dependence
Dependence noun - The quality or state of needing something or someone.
Usage example: a baby's total dependence upon his or her parents for every one of life's needs
Stock and dependence are semantically related in conviction topic. In some cases you can use "Stock" instead a noun "Dependence".
Stock
Stock noun - Firm belief in the integrity, ability, effectiveness, or genuineness of someone or something.
Usage example: don't put any stock in her promises—she'll just tell you what she thinks you want to hear
Dependence and stock are semantically related in conviction topic. Sometimes you can use "Dependence" instead a noun "Stock", if it concerns topics such as estimation.
How words are described
| great | great dependence | great stock |
Both words in one sentence
- Just about any Filmation production, due to their over dependence on stock footage, but especially He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983) and She-Ra: Princess of Power.
Source: Stock Footage Failure - The rest of the story need not be shown in action, and indeed, would hardly need telling if our imaginations were not so enfeebled by their lazy dependence on the ready-mades and reach-me-downs of the ragshop in which Romance keeps its stock of "happy endings" to misfit all stories.
Source: Designated Love Interest
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