Interest and Pleasure

Interest

Interest noun - A legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something.

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Pleasure and interest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pleasure" instead a noun "Interest".

Pleasure noun - The feeling experienced when one's wishes are met.

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Interest and pleasure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Interest" instead a noun "Pleasure".

close	close interest	close pleasure
good	good interest	good pleasure
clear	clear interest	clear pleasure
special	special interest	special pleasure
Other adjectives: particular, true, genuine, obvious, active, actual, real, increased, great, intense, little, sexual, personal, immediate, sole, mutual, unusual, greater.

The previous page picture◊ is from the Doom movie, which took a certain pleasure in subverting the typical hero/heroine love interest angle, as well as other tropes.

Source: The Not-Love Interest
Eretria is the id, all passion and self-interest, motivated by primal things like anger, pleasure and survival.

Source: Series / The Shannara Chronicles
Here, he takes pleasure in watching his actual love interest dance with a man who's similarly skilled, and comments on appreciating the beauty of their movement.

Source: Film / Carlito's Way

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