Effect and Ground

Effect

Effect noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: better health is always one of the effects of improved hygiene

Ground is an antonym for effect.

Ground

Ground noun - A small area of usually open land.

Effect is an antonym for ground.

How words are described

best best effect best ground
similar similar effect similar ground
normal normal effect normal ground
common common effect common ground
Other adjectives: original, actual, real, little, main.

Common collocations

body effect body ground body
show effect show ground show
stats effect stats ground stats

Both words in one sentence

  • Comic Book / Uncanny X-Men When Jean faces Firelord, he is sent flying, and a man tells his friend Dave that "he hits the ground with this incredible sound effect" just as Firelord hits the ground.
  • Ground Punch The golems in the Dragon Age series repeatedly punch the ground with their fists as their primary area-of-effect attack.
    Source: Ground Punch
  • Video Game / The Sword Of Etheria Razor Wind: Fiel's Lv 1 Zenith move does two slashes with this effect, before crushing his sword on the ground.
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