Merit and Result

Merit

Merit noun - A quality that gives something special worth.

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Result and merit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Result" instead a noun "Merit".

Nearby Words: merited, meriting

Result noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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Merit and result are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Merit" instead a noun "Result".

Nearby Words: resultant, resulting, resulted

exact	exact merit	exact result
particular	particular merit	particular result
common	common merit	common result
standard	standard merit	standard result
Other adjectives: true, obvious, actual, real, bad, new, major, general, possible, final, intended, overall.

In either case, the result is considered the same; material which is poorly written with lame plots and characterization, almost entirely lacking in literary merit.

Source: Sci-Fi Ghetto
Enter the GameCube era, and Rare created Star Fox Adventures, which is considered the black sheep of the Star Fox series, if not completely without merit (To their defense, Adventures was the result of Nintendo doing some Executive Meddling on what was to be Dinosaur Planet at the time).

Source: Darth Wiki / Fallen Creator
While the end result wasn't what she intended, Krohn Huse decided the video had artistic merit of its own, and the resulting short film "Hanging in the Woods" was ultimately featured in the Bloomberg New Contemporary exhibition.

Source: Caught in a Snare

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