Ease
Ease noun - Reduction of or freedom from pain.
Fear
Fear noun - An uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble.
Usage example: fear for her family's safety drove her to seek help from neighbors she hardly knew
How words are described
| particular | particular ease | particular fear |
| similar | similar ease | similar fear |
| natural | natural ease | natural fear |
| complete | complete ease | complete fear |
| Other adjectives: utter, total, sheer, extreme, great, unnatural, absolute, supernatural, ultimate, general, apparent, pathological. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Grim, on the other hand, picks up the artifact with relative ease, as he faces his fear on a daily basis: being picked on and humiliated by Billy and Mandy.
Source: "What Do They Fear?" Episode -
She seems ill at ease, especially around black men; she practically recoils in fear when she bumps into a well-dressed black man and drops her purse.
Source: Film / The Lunch Date - So you adventure in the fear of dragons and level up... And once you're leveled enough to take on a Blood Dragon or two with ease, the Elder and Ancient Dragons start appearing...
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