Lead and Train

Lead

Lead verb - To give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed.

Usage example: the salesclerk led us through the maze of options now available to television buyers

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Train and lead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Train" instead a verb "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

Train verb - To cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field.

Usage example: will train the students in good study habits

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Lead and train are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lead" instead a verb "Train".

Nearby Words: trained, training, trainee, trainer, trainband

particular	particular lead	particular train
single	single lead	single train
simple	simple lead	simple train
powerful	powerful lead	powerful train
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, massive, large, huge, main, titular, occasional, eponymous.

party	lead party	train party
force	lead force	train force
hero	lead hero	train hero
people	lead people	train people
Other words: unit, group, men, children, someone, crew, team, army, way, troops, anyone, times, forces, lives, members, soldiers, armies.

During Wraith Squadron, Wedge has to train and lead a squadron of misfits that make the Rogues look rulebound, and this includes a woman with a kneejerk hostility to authority, including to him.

Source: Cool People Rebel Against Authority
This could often lead to runaways on falling gradients if insufficient brake power was available to slow or stop the train or the train traveled at too high speed.

Source: Runaway Train
Sure, he's immensely powerful and a useful asset, but that would make him deserving of being a special operative, not a captain of the guard, as captains of the guard are supposed to lead and train their troops.

Source: Alternative Character Interpretation / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

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