Effect and Rival

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Effect verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Rival and effect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rival" instead a verb "Effect".

Rival verb - To engage in a contest.

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Effect and rival are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Effect" instead a verb "Rival".

Nearby Words: rivalry, rivaled, rivaling, rivalled

good	good effect	good rival
best	best effect	best rival
specific	specific effect	specific rival
direct	direct effect	direct rival
Other adjectives: original, powerful, actual, real, great, bad, main, major, possible, opposite.

anyone	effect anyone	rival anyone
protagonist	effect protagonist	rival protagonist

In Tony Hawk's Underground 1 you can play as either a guy or a girl, the only effect this has on the game is what your rival Eric Sparrow calls you at the end of the game.

Source: Purely Aesthetic Gender
Pokémon: In the Best Wishes arc, Cilan's rival Burgundy makes a comment to the effect of Trip being a Sore Loser because of his ego.

Source: Hypocritical Humor / Anime and Manga
Therefore, by making people believe that he is sleeping with her, he is, in effect, cuckolding his political rival, humiliating him and costing him political support.

Source: Deliberate Values Dissonance

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