Keeps and Substitutes

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Substitutes is an antonym for keeps.

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Keeps is an antonym for substitutes.

Segawa substitutes it in the titular artifact's carrying case, however Balcus keeps and uses it, only for it to burn his toast.

Source: Brick Joke / Live-Action Films
As a dramatic trope, this can occasionally take the form of First Girl Wins, when the character keeps finding unacceptable substitutes for The One That Got Away.

Source: Has a Type
Not to be confused with Fantasy Counterpart Culture Christianity; a key element of Crystal Dragon Jesus is that it keeps the trappings of Christianity but substitutes a markedly different being in the deity's role.

Source: Crystal Dragon Jesus

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