Gain and Plug

Gain

Gain noun - Something added (as by growth).

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Plug and gain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plug" instead a noun "Gain".

Nearby Words: gained, gaining, gainful, gainer

Plug noun - Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly.

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Gain and plug are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gain" instead a noun "Plug".

Nearby Words: plugged, plugboard

normal	normal gain	normal plug
standard	standard gain	standard plug
obvious	obvious gain	obvious plug
massive	massive gain	massive plug
Other adjectives: big, huge, higher, commercial.

time	gain time	plug time
points	gain points	plug points

These powers range in potency from "sacrifice some of your blood to gain Legend" to "rip out someone's heart and plug it into your own chest, where it catches fire and grants you new-found vigor."

Source: Blood Magic
In Super Robot Taisen: Original Generations: During her tenure being forced into the ODE plug, Lamia Loveless will gain this voice, the other voice is either Wilhelm von Juergen or Duminuss, depending on who's managing the ODE.

Source: Voice of the Legion
It took a while for the Skylanders clones to arrive, due to the technology involved, but the "Toys-to-Life" genre has started to gain a host of imitators, from Hasbro's Beam Box amongst plug-and-play versions, with Disney Infinity and LEGO Dimensions being closer to Skylanders's systems.

Source: Follow The Leader / Video Games

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