Downside
Downside noun - A feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success.
Usage example: the downside of living in the country is, of course, the long commute to work
Start
Start noun - The point at which something begins.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- The only downside is that you have to find troughs of water to refill it, but in the West Wing and Main Castle you start finding those every few rooms.
- The pigs in Angry Birds Toons start out as reasonably competent and cunning characters, their downside being that they can be clumsy and suffer from a lot of bad luck.
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While it also uses up some stamina by 10%, the downside is that due to their slow start-up, mix-up games involve using a quick normal attack to beat an incoming Guard Break.
Source: Video Game / J-Stars Victory Vs
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