Gather and Join

Gather

Gather verb - To bring together in one body or place.

Usage example: let's gather the students and have them line up on the playground before going in from recess

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Join and gather are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Join" instead a verb "Gather".

Nearby Words: gathering, gathered, gatherer

Join verb - To come together to form a single unit.

Usage example: one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms join to make one water molecule

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Gather and join are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gather" instead a verb "Join".

Nearby Words: joined, joining

party	gather party	join party
group	gather group	join group
band	gather band	join band
crew	gather crew	join crew
Other words: team, rest, army, cult, forces, friends, heroes.

You can gather several canopic jars in World Adventures to get a mummy to join your house, and then have them sleep in a Blessed Coffin of the Kings until they become human again.

Source: Videogame / The Sims 3
In the first game, 3 of the 4 enemy generals join up after they're beaten, though you do have the option of killing them instead, but this is not recommended as you won't get the "good ending" because you didn't gather the 108 Stars of Destiny.

Source: Defeat Means Friendship
Of course, Papa Smurf, realizing that they would be no better than Gargamel for leaving him and his cat in such a frozen state, does not join in the celebration, but rather has the Smurfs gather ingredients for a potion to unfreeze Gargamel and Azrael.

Source: Western Animation / The Smurfs

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