Expend and Operate

Expend

Expend verb - To hand over or use up in payment.

Operate and expend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Operate" instead a verb "Expend".

Operate

Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.

Expend and operate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expend" instead a verb "Operate".

Common collocations

unit expend unit operate unit
magic expend magic operate magic
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