Focus and Grind

Focus

Focus verb - To fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective.

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Grind and focus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grind" instead a verb "Focus".

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

Grind verb - To make smooth by friction.

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Focus and grind are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Focus" instead a verb "Grind".

Nearby Words: grinding, grinder, grinded

particular	particular focus	particular grind
typical	typical focus	typical grind
original	original focus	original grind
true	true focus	true grind
Other adjectives: single, heavy, real, constant, big, serious, huge, little, major, military, stronger.

While each technical battle against it doesn't usually take very long compared to the grind, whittling it down is the focus of the entire game.

Source: Marathon Boss
Note, however, that the game has a big focus on (ab)using New Game+ and the intro can turn into a boring grind after a time or two.

Source: Earn Your Fun
Grind in general is often mistaken for brutal death metal, which is a subgenre of death metal that strips away melodic elements to focus on a dense pounding sound.

Source: Grindcore

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