Initiative
Initiative noun - Readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity.
Response and initiative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Response" instead a noun "Initiative".
Response
Response noun - Action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior.
Initiative and response are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Initiative" instead a noun "Response".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Maggie Walsh's response to Buffy telling her off in "The Initiative" is "I like her".
Source: You Got Spunk - In "The Initiative" a scene where Spike attacks Willow in her dorm room was deliberately set up to make it appear Willow had been killed, in response to internet rumors that this would happen.
Source: Fake Kill Scare -
Later, after he became a cadet at Camp Hammond in Avengers: The Initiative, he discovers he can grow in size, too (with the possible limitation of this only happening in response to a threat posed by someone else turning giant with Pym Particles).
Source: How Do I Shot Web?
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