Develop and Support

Develop

Develop verb - To gradually become clearer or more detailed.

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Support and develop are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Support" instead a verb "Develop".

Support verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

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Develop and support are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Develop" instead a verb "Support".

habit	develop habit	support habit
life	develop life	support life
kind	develop kind	support kind
relationship	develop relationship	support relationship
Other words: case, plan, game, skills.

Not only was the iOS easy to develop for, but is was powerful enough that it could support a variety of games.

Source: Useful Notes / The Seventh Generation of Console Video Games
With support from the Persians, Sparta began to develop a powerful navy, and it began to fight the Athenian navy across the Aegean Sea.

Source: Useful Notes / The Peloponnesian War
Naval engineer Richard James was trying to develop a spring that would support and stabilize sensitive equipment on ships.

Source: Accidental Discovery

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