Elect and Settle

Elect

Elect verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

Usage example: I've elected to study French as my foreign language

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Settle and elect are semantically related. in choose topic. In some cases you can use "Settle" instead a verb "Elect".

Nearby Words: election, elected, elective, electing, elector

Settle verb - To cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid).

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Elect and settle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Elect" instead a verb "Settle".

Nearby Words: settled, settlement, settling, settler, settlor

people	elect people	settle people
team	elect team	settle team

Also played straight in season 7, with President Bartlet as good cop, and President-Elect Santos as bad cop, in getting the Russians and Chinese to settle their dispute in Kazakhstan.

Source: Good Cop/Bad Cop
The King Elect of Norway, Christian Frederick, had to lay down his executive power, to formally end the strife, and let the Norwegian parliament (and government) settle matters with Sweden.

Source: Worf Had the Flu

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