Permanent and Stand in

Permanent

Permanent noun - A series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals.

Stand in is an antonym for permanent.

Stand in

Stand in verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.

Permanent is an antonym for stand in in person or thing that acts as topic.

Both terms in one sentence

  • The permanent solution is to stand in the room and type "ECHO", which magically STOPS the echo!
  • Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown Weaponized in gameplay mechanics; combatants that don't use cover receive permanent cover bonuses instead, so a Sectopod can stand in the open and watch as your entire squad fails to hit a car-sized target at less than 50 feet.
  • Metroid: Samus Aran can stand in molten lava without permanent harm as long as she has energy left (and with the proper suit upgrade, without any harm), and can suffer shocks that would kill an ordinary woman... but once she's down to one point, bumping into a little spiked bug is lethal.
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