Grow
Grow verb - To look after or assist the growth of by labor and care.
Subside
Subside verb - To grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually.
Usage example: as the noise of the siren subsided, I was able to fall back to sleep
Common collocations
| bit | grow bit | subside bit |
Both words in one sentence
- With a low amount of factions, there are clear, fundamental differences, but as the factions grow, the differences subside, until eventually the sides are not polar opposites as much as points on a gradient or two.
Source: Faction Calculus
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