Gambit
Gambit noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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Substitute and gambit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Substitute" instead a noun "Gambit".
Substitute
Substitute noun - A person or thing that takes the place of another.
Gambit and substitute are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gambit" instead a noun "Substitute".
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Both words in one sentence
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His guns substitute for Gambit's throwing cards.
Source: Comic Book / Wild CATS - Cloning Gambit: Pikachu has just been given the runaround by Wallace's Greninja, it's coming in with a Giga Impact, it hits... and Pikachu delivers a Counter Attack that knocks it out... only to burst the Substitute that it was.
Source: Fan Fic / Ashes of the Past
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