Emphasis and Impact

Emphasis

Emphasis noun - A special notice or importance given to something.

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Impact and emphasis are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Impact" instead a noun "Emphasis".

Impact noun - A forceful coming together of two things.

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Emphasis and impact are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Emphasis" instead a noun "Impact".

Nearby Words: impacted, impacting, impactless

emotional	emotional emphasis	emotional impact
high	high emphasis	high impact
low	low emphasis	low impact
considerable	considerable emphasis	considerable impact
Other adjectives: deep, strong, real, massive, large, big, great, serious, huge, major, dramatic, less, further, extra, greater, larger, different, cultural, added, overall, bigger.

As such, visual novels tend to put a greater emphasis on story branching, with choices having a greater impact on the narratives than in other genres.

Source: Story Branching
Capitalism tends to place extremely heavy emphasis on the utilitarian virtues, seeing as how these have a direct impact on personal and collective productivity.

Source: Analysis / Virtue/Vice Codification
War Is Hell: The emphasis of the story is on the impact of war on civilians.

Source: Film / Empire of the Sun

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