Focus
Focus verb - To fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective.
Limit
Limit verb - To set bounds or an upper limit for.
How words are described
| high | high focus | high limit |
| soft | soft focus | soft limit |
| typical | typical focus | typical limit |
| usual | usual focus | usual limit |
| Other adjectives: specific, tight, certain, total, original, initial, single, actual, real, large, big, huge, main, new, general, explicit, less, higher, overall. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Trixie's solution is to focus on the skill side for both of them, as there's no inbuilt limit on that.
Source: Fanfic / Marionettes - It also showed how the huge focus on the case stretched the local police force to the limit.
Source: Disposable Sex Worker - You eventually gain the ability to raise your Focus to twice or triple its initial limit, enabling even more powerful tiers of these abilities.
Source: Limit Break / Video Games
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Focus & Limit. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/focus/limit>.
Limit or Focus. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/focus/limit.
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