Guide
Guide verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.
Usage example: would be happy to guide you folks to the historic part of town
Shadow
Shadow verb - To go after or on the track of.
Usage example: shadowing the suspect to see what he was up to
How words are described
| old | old guide | old shadow |
| female | female guide | female shadow |
| full | full guide | full shadow |
| original | original guide | original shadow |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, massive, great, huge, little, main, young, mysterious, said, magical. | ||
Common collocations
| way | guide way | shadow way |
| protagonist | guide protagonist | shadow protagonist |
| players | guide players | shadow players |
Both words in one sentence
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Also played with: at one point digger goes adventuring with two females and an ungendered shadow creature, the only male being their guide.
Source: Amazon Brigade -
Hypercompetent Sidekick: Ray is a guide, a matchmaker, and the only one that can fight shadow things.
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Giota, an oracle who knows the answer to every question, chose to reside in the shadow of Basilica, where only the despised appear, to guide them.
Source: Literature / The Orphan's Tales
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