Focus and Interest

Focus

Focus noun - A thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest.

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Interest and focus are semantically related in subject topic. In some cases you can use "Interest" instead a noun "Focus".

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

Interest noun - A legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something.

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Focus and interest are semantically related in subject topic. Sometimes you can use "Focus" instead a noun "Interest".

special	special focus	special interest
particular	particular focus	particular interest
original	original focus	original interest
true	true focus	true interest
Other adjectives: obvious, romantic, strong, actual, real, increased, great, intense, serious, little, main, new, major, sole, less, greater, primary, different, sudden.

attention	focus attention	interest attention
people	focus people	interest people
place	focus place	interest place
plot	focus plot	interest plot
Other words: resources, season, eyes, times, powers.

Most Final Fantasy games have this, except the characters other than the main three (hero, lancer, and love interest) tend to drop in and out of focus.

Source: Out of Focus
In most cases, the protagonist and her love interest end up not getting together in spite of their feelings for each other, choosing instead to focus on work.

Source: Visual Novel / Office Secrets
It's especially noticeable when the focus is on the potential love interest, Six.

Source: Unmoving Plaid

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