Help and Lighten

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Help

Help verb - To make more bearable or less severe.
Usage example: the new ointment didn't help Josh's sunburn one bit
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Lighten and help are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lighten" instead a verb "Help".
Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

Lighten

Lighten verb - To become glad or hopeful.
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Help and lighten are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Help" instead a verb "Lighten".
Nearby Words: light, lightly, lightness, lighter, lightening

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people help people lighten people
situation help situation lighten situation
bit help bit lighten bit
humans help humans lighten humans

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  • Videogame / Doom An early patch added several "gamma correction" settings to lighten the game, to help compensate for terrible monitors commonplace at the time.
    Source: Videogame / Doom
  • Video Game / Bully This also occurs with Johnny Vincent, who gets Jimmy to help him take down Gord, but their alliance is cut short halfway through the chapter (resulting in another boss fight), but after his defeat, he starts to lighten up as well.
    Source: Video Game / Bully
  • Video Game / Nuclear Throne This last rule can come in handy in the Palace and on the loops, as it will help lighten the load.
    Source: Video Game / Nuclear Throne
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