Hook
Hook verb - To cause to turn away from a straight line.
Impact
Impact verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.
Nearby Words: impacted, impacting, impactless
How words are described
| similar | similar hook | similar impact |
| direct | direct hook | direct impact |
| true | true hook | true impact |
| single | single hook | single impact |
| Other adjectives: small, strong, powerful, actual, real, massive, large, big, great, huge, little, potential, major, minor, double, last, different, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
| people | hook people | impact people |
| environment | hook environment | impact environment |
| way | hook way | impact way |
| shields | hook shields | impact shields |
Both words in one sentence
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For some reason having a simple hook for a hand has had no impact on his ability to play guitar.
Source: Hook Hand - Breaking Bad: Combo was killed mid-way through season 2 after only a few lines, but his death caused Jesse and Walt to hire Saul as their lawyer, which had a huge impact on the plot - among other things, Saul was the one to hook them up with Gus.
Source: Small Role, Big Impact - But that sorta loses its validity and impact when the heroes played destiny/the fal'Cie straight into its/their hands and only got off the hook of a genuine Downer Ending on a pure technicality.
Source: Lost Aesop
Cite this Source
Impact and Hook. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hook/impact
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