Love and Motive

Love

Love noun - A feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone.

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Motive and love are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Motive" instead a noun "Love".

Nearby Words: loving, lovely, lover, loved, lovable

Motive noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).

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Love and motive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Love" instead a noun "Motive".

good	good love	good motive
special	special love	special motive
particular	particular love	particular motive
similar	similar love	similar motive
Other adjectives: common, perfect, original, true, obvious, strong, actual, real, big, little, tragic, potential, main, sexual, new, apparent, primary.

Later, when Crais had more or less Heel Face Turned, he had another new motive for getting rid of Crichton: they were both in love with Aeryn.

Source: Motive Decay / Live-Action TV
Without Tidus,the spiral of death would have continued without interruption, but he would have no motive to find an alternate method of defeating Sin without his love for Yuna.

Source: Alternative Character Interpretation / Final Fantasy
Her love for Gray is literally her only characteristic, motive, ideal, belief, everything.

Source: Flanderization / Anime and Manga

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