Inspire
Touch
Touch verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.
Usage example: your speech on the true meaning of patriotism touched me deeply
Inspire and touch are semantically related in have an effect on topic. Sometimes you can use "Inspire" instead a verb "Touch".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The instructions (or rather, instnutions) for a particular Chinese top promise that it will "inspire children's thacghts" and "touch off the latent energy of scientific knowledge".
Source: Translation Train Wreck -
The genre tends to inspire a generational divide between the MTV/BET-watching youth of its fans and their out-of-touch adult parents who take offense to its violent, misogynist themes, can't understand a word of the Ebonics-laden lyrics, and at worst are unsure if Rap is even music.
Source: Periphery Hatedom
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