Exploit and Operation

Exploit

Exploit noun - Something done by someone.

Usage example: once famed as an actor, John Wilkes Booth is now remembered for a single exploit, his assassination of Lincoln

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Operation and exploit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Operation" instead a noun "Exploit".

Operation noun - A specific task with which a person or group is charged.

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Exploit and operation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exploit" instead a noun "Operation".

particular	particular exploit	particular operation
similar	similar exploit	similar operation
simple	simple exploit	simple operation
small	small exploit	small operation
Other adjectives: actual, real, complicated, dangerous, little, new, major, final, minor.

A character may attempt to exploit this with Operation: Jealousy.

Source: Green-Eyed Monster
The Chinese, likewise, manage to hinder Soviet air defenses by successfully firing a handful of nukes at Russia itself before they're destroyed, creating holes in its air defense shield, which the pilots of Operation EASTERN EXPRESS exploit over the next few years.

Source: Roleplay / Red Dawn +20

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