Gain
Gain verb - To gradually increase in.
Transfer
Transfer verb - To cause to go or be taken from one place to another.
Usage example: will have to transfer you from our San Francisco office to our New York headquarters
How words are described
| good | good gain | good transfer |
| better | better gain | better transfer |
| direct | direct gain | direct transfer |
| simple | simple gain | simple transfer |
| Other adjectives: actual, evil, little, easy, permanent, temporary, less, higher, recent, sudden. | ||
Common collocations
| loyalty | gain loyalty | transfer loyalty |
| soul | gain soul | transfer soul |
| experience | gain experience | transfer experience |
| ability | gain ability | transfer ability |
| Other words: skill, energy, power, life, control, knowledge, way, health, money, information, momentum, magic, damage, immortality, items, skills, powers, weapons, memories, abilities, stats. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Nix in inFAMOUS 2 has powers over fire and oil, which Cole can actually gain a bit of if he decides to do a power transfer with her.
Source: Playing with Fire - He was a doctor there, but his credentials didn't transfer, hence interning to gain a legitimate American degree.
Source: Worthless Foreign Degree - While dealing with a Chinese Vampire that drains Chi and being forced to transfer a donor's Chi into a victim, the characters gain the donor's speech patterns while keeping their own voices.
Source: Voices Are Not Mental
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