Effect
Effect noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Line
Line noun - A series of persons or things arranged one behind another.
How words are described
| good | good effect | good line |
| full | full effect | full line |
| best | best effect | best line |
| exact | exact effect | exact line |
| Other adjectives: similar, common, specific, direct, original, actual, real, great, little, bad, main, major, hilarious, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- To avoid this "freezing" effect, line boil and other types of wobbling and jittering are sometimes purposely used and even exaggerated.
Source: Line Boil - Most of the shorts on O Canada, which included Bob and Margaret, that later became its own show, though seasons 3 and 4 of Bob and Margaret did not feature the line boil effect
Source: Line Boil -
If instead Bigby decides to let her go, the game fades to black on the last line instead of smashing to punctuate it for dramatic effect.
Source: Video Game / The Wolf Among Us
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