Effort and Function

Effort

Effort noun - The active use of energy in producing a result.

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Function and effort are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Function" instead a noun "Effort".

Function noun - A social gathering.

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Effort and function are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Effort" instead a noun "Function".

physical	physical effort	physical function
special	special effort	special function
particular	particular effort	particular function
obvious	obvious effort	obvious function
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, hard, little, necessary, major, mental, apparent, less, extra.

Hackers quickly discovered this was completely false (the servers function just like any other online multiplayer game) and proved an offline mode was entirely possible with almost no effort.

Source: Lying Creator
Units whose primary function is to employ nuclear weapons generally sit out of any conflict that actually brews up, and need to be protected at great effort.

Source: Inverse Law of Utility and Lethality
That is, a spell which attempts to create fire by releasing phlogiston will function just fine, but one which attempts to create fire by bonding fuel to oxygen molecules in the air is much stronger for the same amount of effort.

Source: Scientifically Understandable Sorcery

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