Pet and Rub

Pet

Pet verb - To touch or handle in a tender or loving manner.

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Rub and pet are semantically related in feeling topic. In some cases you can use "Rub" instead the word "Pet" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: petted, petting

Rub verb - To damage or diminish by continued friction.

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Pet and rub are semantically related in feeling topic. Sometimes you can use "Pet" instead the word "Rub" as a verb or a noun.

real	real pet	real rub
personal	personal pet	personal rub

hand	pet hand	rub hand
death	pet death	rub death
screen	pet screen	rub screen
blood	pet blood	rub blood
Other words: head, belly, tummy, faces.

This "spend some time together" takes the form of a minigame pretty much taken from Pokémon Amie, where the player character can use the DS's touch screen to pet/touch/rub the character's face.

Source: Broken Base / Fire Emblem Fates
Pet the Dog: McManus comes across a dog while on the boat in the climax, and gives it a head rub before moving on.

Source: Film / The Usual Suspects
Though Blu is definitely not a jerk, Jewel's initial judging of his inability to fly and him being a pet does tend to rub him the wrong way.

Source: Belligerent Sexual Tension

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