Essay and Rival

Essay

Essay verb - To make an effort to do.

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Rival and essay are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rival" instead a verb "Essay".

Nearby Words: essayed, essayist, essaying

Rival verb - To engage in a contest.

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Essay and rival are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Essay" instead a verb "Rival".

Nearby Words: rivalry, rivaled, rivaling, rivalled

old	old essay	old rival
good	good essay	good rival
best	best essay	best rival
actual	actual essay	actual rival
Other adjectives: great, serious, famous, final, classic, last, academic, aforementioned.

Alan Gordon swaps these with his academic rival in the Lark's Lament appendix essay-duel.

Source: Literature / Fools Guild
Saki gave the eponymous "Tobermory" a tongue to rival his usual Gentleman Snarkers, and "The Achievement of the Cat" is basically a short essay on cats' inherent awesomeness.

Source: Kindhearted Cat Lover

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