Desire and Wishes

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Desire noun - A strong wish for something.

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Wishes and desire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wishes" instead a noun "Desire".

Nearby Words: desirous, desirable, desired, desiring, Desiree

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Desire and wishes are semantically related. You can use "Desire" instead the word "Wishes" as a noun or a verb.

In the final chapter of Happily Ever After, a character gets around the three wishes limit by wishing for the ability to find more genies (after using his first two wishes to make everyone desire him and tell the truth to him).

Source: Wishing for More Wishes
After confessing he was jesting with the man, the all-powerful genie reveals his purpose is to grant wishes, his one true wish, specifically his heart's desire.

Source: Jackass Genie
Turns out the crux of the plot is about the wish magic of genies, and the Big Bad is the incarnation of desire and the granter of those wishes.

Source: Video Game / RPG Shooter: Starwish

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