Harness and Use

Harness

Harness verb - To put into action or service.

Usage example: huge dams harness the power of water to produce electricity

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Use and harness are semantically related. in control topic. In some cases you can use "Use" instead a verb "Harness".

Nearby Words: harnessed, harnessing

Use verb - To put into action or service.

Usage example: I will need to use the large hammer for this project

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Harness and use are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Harness" instead the word "Use" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: useless, useful, used, usefulness, using

full	full harness	full use
similar	similar harness	similar use
usual	usual harness	usual use
standard	standard harness	standard use
Other adjectives: proper, heavy, new, military.

ability	harness ability	use ability
energy	harness energy	use energy
fire	harness fire	use fire
power	harness power	use power
Other words: force, strength, knowledge, type, form, technology, money, magic, elements, skills, powers, abilities.

Beast Machines has Megatron use his wings as this while he's attached to his control harness.

Source: All-Encompassing Mantle
Evil Plan: Doom's plan is to harness the power of people's fear and use it for his "Fusion Dynamo" device, which he'll use to destroy the Fantastic Four once and for all.

Source: Ride / Doctor Doom's Fearfall
Heinlein novel The Star Beast: both John Thomas Stuart and Betty Sorenson use one of these (called a "flight harness" in the book).

Source: Helicopter Pack

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