Gain and Score

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Gain

Gain verb - To receive as return for effort.

Usage example: gained her affections with his boyishly shy manner

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Score is a synonym for gain in land topic. In some cases you can use "Score" instead the word "Gain" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like profit, acquire, do. informal substitute

Nearby Words: gained, gaining, gainful, gainer

Score

Score verb - To obtain (as a goal) through effort.

Usage example: finally scored a good job after years of hard work

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Gain is a synonym for score in possession topic. You can use "Gain" instead the word "Score" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as get, do, achieve. popular alternative

Nearby Words: scored, scoring, scorer, scoreless

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good	good gain	good score
high	high gain	high score
low	low gain	low score
better	better gain	better score
Other adjectives: standard, original, actual, massive, great, huge, personal, early, permanent, possible, negative, maximum, higher, triple.

Common collocations

sympathy	gain sympathy	score sympathy
point	gain point	score point
amount	gain amount	score amount
time	gain time	score time
Other words: way, damage, items, points.

Both words in one sentence

Currently, the fans wish the Bears would get a better defense because it seems like every play ends with a big gain or score allowed.

Source: Useful Notes / National Football League
Numerical Hard: In Easy, enemies have half the health, do half as much damage, and you start out with one extra life, but you gain less score.

Source: Video Game / Gatling Gears
If you push to your limit (or as close a guess to your limit) you could gain a maximum of +3 to your score.

Source: Video Game / Dr. Health'nstein's Body Fun

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