Except and Want

Except

Except verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.

Want and except are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Want" instead a verb "Except".

Want

Want verb - To have an earnest wish to own or enjoy.

Except and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Except" instead a verb "Want".

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

Common collocations

love except love want love
power except power want power
part except part want part
characters except characters want characters
Other words: anyone.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / FreeSpace The Shivans, in particular, are the Shadows - except that they don't care what you want, they just want you to die.
  • Comic Book / Iznogoud Unknown Rival: Everyone know that Iznogoud want to be Caliph instead of the Caliph... except the Caliph.
  • Anime / Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL And all the Barian Emperor's can use their Barian Chaos Draw to draw it whenever they want (except Vector, but he really doesn't need to as his entire Deck is a Story-Breaker Power).
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