Embrace and Greeting

Embrace

Embrace noun - The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection).

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Greeting and embrace are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Greeting" instead a noun "Embrace".

Nearby Words: embraced, embracing

Greeting noun - An expression of goodwill upon meeting.

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Embrace and greeting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Embrace" instead a noun "Greeting".

Nearby Words: greet, greeted

emotional	emotional embrace	emotional greeting
old	old embrace	old greeting
good	good embrace	good greeting
physical	physical embrace	physical greeting
Other adjectives: long, warm, standard, initial, proper, last.

X-Men: Apocalypse: Alex Summers and Charles Xavier haven't seen each other in two decades, and their greeting is a handshake which promptly turns into a warm embrace.

Source: Man Hug
Man Hug: Alex and Charles haven't seen each other in two decades, and their greeting is a handshake which promptly turns into a warm embrace.

Source: Film / X-Men: Apocalypse

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