Interests
Obsessions and interests are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Obsessions" instead a noun "Interests".
Obsessions
Interests and obsessions are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Interests" instead a noun "Obsessions".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The main thing keeping her from falling fully into Munchkin territory is that her character, while a God-Mode Sue, still represents her various interests and fannish obsessions.
Source: The Real Man -
Stonewall Jackson (weirdo general with odd religious obsessions, strange interests in the sciences, and an insistence on keeping his right arm raised to keep his blood balanced, but one of the Confederacy's most brilliant commanders)
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