Employ and Initiate

Employ

Employ verb - To provide with a paying job.

Initiate and employ are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Initiate" instead a verb "Employ".

Initiate

Initiate verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.

Employ and initiate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Employ" instead a verb "Initiate".

Common collocations

power employ power initiate power
attack employ attack initiate attack
number employ number initiate number
series employ series initiate series
Other words: variant, attacks.
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