Gift and Potential

Gift

Gift noun - A special and usually inborn ability.

Usage example: has a gift for making guests feel right at home

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Potential and gift are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Potential" instead a noun "Gift".

Nearby Words: gifted, gifting

Potential noun - Something that can develop or become actual.

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Gift and potential are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gift" instead a noun "Potential".

human	human gift	human potential
good	good gift	good potential
better	better gift	better potential
similar	similar gift	similar potential
Other adjectives: natural, true, strong, powerful, actual, real, large, great, huge, little, psychic, innate, magic, incredible, hidden, significant, amazing, greater, greatest, magical, genetic.

Even with these limitations, there is enough of a Story-Breaker Power potential that Richard's gift has been blocked or restricted by taking a hostage on a regular basis.

Source: Useless Superpowers
The game plays with the trope in that not only are Super Fails a favored gift for Sofia (one of your potential brides) but they're a powerful poison, that can take chunks of life off even bosses.

Source: Epic Fail / Video Games
Functional Magic: The gift of magic in this book is essentially ESP with a few atypical features, like the ability to communicate with people living in the past, and the potential to give other people talents and magical powers.

Source: Literature / A Gift of Magic

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