Interest
Interest verb - To hold the attention of.
Participate and interest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Participate" instead a verb "Interest".
Participate
Participate verb - To take a share or part.
Interest and participate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Interest" instead a verb "Participate".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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He had no interest in allowing the Dutch king to participate and he kicked Luxembourg out.
Source: Useful Notes / Luxembourg - She even said that she had no interest to participate in one of his final films and that she already had a role in a US telenovela that she would prefer to do.
Source: Magnum Opus Dissonance - Out of Focus: A lot of characters tend to fall off to the wayside after so long, if by lack of player interest, a closure of events for them, or a player's inability to participate in the game.
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