Fetch and Gather

Fetch

Fetch verb - To have a price of.

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Gather and fetch are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gather" instead a verb "Fetch".

Nearby Words: fetching, fetched

Gather verb - To bring together in one body or place.

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Fetch and gather are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fetch" instead a verb "Gather".

Nearby Words: gathering, gathered, gatherer

tools	fetch tools	gather tools
rest	fetch rest	gather rest
equipment	fetch equipment	gather equipment
gold	fetch gold	gather gold
Other words: money, food, water, items, flowers, weapons, souls.

Specifically, the priest conducting the funeral...sends you on two fetch quests, one to gather flowers that she liked, one to gather torches for the ceremony, and turned the funeral itself into a rhythm minigame.

Source: Narm / Video Games
Though all the X-Universe games have the normal variety of Fetch Quests (typically it's "pick up a delivery" or "gather up some materials from wherever"), X3: Terran Conflict ups the ante with a Fetch Plot.

Source: Fetch Quest
Fetch quests are more common in Morrowind, which is full of alchemists who can't be bothered to gather their own ingredients and wizards who would rather wait around for a PC to show up and ask for work than go to the bookstore themselves.

Source: Fetch Quest

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