Held and Kept

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Held

Held adjective - Occupied or in the control of; often used in combination.
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Kept and held are semantically related In some cases you can use "Kept" instead the word "Held" as an adjective or a noun or a verb.

Kept

Kept adjective - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded.
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Held and kept are semantically related in retained topic. You can use "Held" instead the word "Kept" as an adjective or a noun or a verb.

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  • Vertigos have something similar; the pilots' eyelids are held open by their helmet and are kept hydrated by an in-helmet system, so he can process information faster.
    Source: Fan Fic / Tiberium Wars
  • Sesame Street had a Bert & Ernie sketch where Ernie held a banana in his ear, claiming it kept away alligators.
    Source: False Cause aka: Correlation Implies Causation
  • The people that held the license, DC Comics and Warner Bros., kept interfering with the development on the game for "political reasons".
    Source: Executive Meddling / Video Games
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