Keep and Vary

Opposite meaning words

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Vary is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Vary verb - To be unlike; to not be the same.

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Keep is an antonym for vary in change topic.

Nearby Words: varied, various, varying

power	keep power	vary power
life	keep life	vary life
name	keep name	vary name
number	keep number	vary number
Other words: time, way, game, distance, magic, powers, weapons, levels.

This is a technique actually used by army trainers when scolding trainees, to keep them on their toes and to vary the tempo of the berating.

Source: Suddenly Shouting
The names (and availability) of citrus fruits vary greatly from country to country, and whoever translated the puzzle didn't keep the names consistent between the graphics, text, and audio.

Source: Video Game / Syberia
In the world of Gifts Of Wandering Ice cave dwellers have a museum on their main island where they keep most of the "ice gifts" which vary from airplanes to dinosaur bones.

Source: Mishmash Museum

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