Duty and Effect

Duty

Duty noun - A charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use.

Effect and duty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Effect" instead a noun "Duty".

Effect

Effect noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

Duty and effect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Duty" instead a noun "Effect".

How words are described

good good duty good effect
full full duty full effect
specific specific duty specific effect
original original duty original effect
Other adjectives: actual, real, main, permanent, major, possible, secondary, extra, magical.

Both words in one sentence

  • Both enter with expectations of cold duty; neither anticipate their effect on the other.
  • Literature / Starship Troopers There are also indications that the most gruesomely maimed soldiers are selected for recruiting duty to maximize this effect.
  • One provided example ends up with a personal duty to kill every mage she meets, lest she suffer the same psychological effect as a normal person would get for accidentally murdering someone.
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