Design and Effect

Design

Design verb - To have in mind as a purpose or goal.

Usage example: early on she had designed to a top position in a major insurance company

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Effect and design are semantically related. in plan topic. In some cases you can use "Effect" instead the word "Design" as a verb or a noun.

Effect verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Design and effect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Design" instead the word "Effect" as a verb or a noun.

good	good design	good effect
best	best design	best effect
exact	exact design	exact effect
similar	similar design	similar effect
Other adjectives: common, original, actual, great, cool, bad, practical, unique, possible, odd, strange, intended, different, visual, comic, overall, creepy.

In the commentary for the prequels, they talk about how Yoda's CG design had to compensate for the visual effect of Yoda being a puppet in the older films.

Source: The Coconut Effect
Any special effect, design feature, or sound effect that is unrealistic, but which you have to do anyway because viewers have been so conditioned to expect it that its absence would be even more jarring.

Source: The Coconut Effect
The effect is oddly innocent — similar to a midriff-baring top — but just try to pitch that design to anyone on Earth.

Source: Anime / Interstella 5555

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