Devote and Spend

Devote

Devote verb - To keep or intend for a special purpose.

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Spend and devote are semantically related In some cases you can use "Spend" instead a verb "Devote".

Nearby Words: devotion, devotedly, devotee, devotional, devoting

Spend

Spend verb - To hand over or use up in payment.

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Devote and spend are semantically related in put in topic. Sometimes you can use "Devote" instead a verb "Spend", if it concerns topics such as apply, occupy.

Nearby Words: spent, spending, spender, spendable

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Common collocations

effort	devote effort	spend effort
energy	devote energy	spend energy
life	devote life	spend life
part	devote part	spend part
Other words: amount, portion, rest, scene, deal, resources, episode, time, money, bit, chapter, minutes, eternity, years, hours, hour, chapters, lives, pages, amounts, episodes.

Both words in one sentence

Order Versus Chaos: Angels devote themselves to this cause; they choose one side or the other to adhere to, and spend the rest of their existence fervently trying to bend human society towards it.

Source: Videogame / Wine & Roses
While he usually doesn't spend whole songs calling out hypocrites and errant church folk, he isn't afraid to devote some verses to doing so.

Source: Music / Kirk Franklin
It is implied that she doesn't spend as much time with her parents either, since they have to devote extra time to trying to help Elsa control her powers.

Source: Disney / Frozen

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