Develop and Upgrade

Develop

Develop verb - To gradually become clearer or more detailed.

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

Upgrade verb - To move higher in rank or position.

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Develop and upgrade are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Develop" instead a verb "Upgrade".

Nearby Words: upgrading, upgraded, upgradable

ability	develop ability	upgrade ability
skill	develop skill	upgrade skill
character	develop character	upgrade character
power	develop power	upgrade power
Other words: relationship, form, way, characters, technology, intelligence, magic, version, powers, weapons, abilities.

You Have Researched Breathing: Among other things, the player uses souls to develop and upgrade certain skills.

Source: Video Game / Vampires Dawn
Since she's a scientist however, Ivy is also able to upgrade her abilities or develop new pheromones that compel a person regardless of sexual orientation or target.

Source: Pheromones
There are 5 upgrade levels, and upgrading to each one requires resources, so a player without these commander upgrades can develop a unit advantage to counter it.

Source: Video Game / Zero K

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