Prompt and Set

Prompt

Prompt verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

Usage example: a misguided pride prompted the family to refuse all offers of help

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Set and prompt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set" instead the word "Prompt" as a verb or an adjective.

Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.

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Prompt and set are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Prompt" instead the word "Set" as a verb or an adjective.

Nearby Words: setup, setting

old	old prompt	old set
special	special prompt	special set
exact	exact prompt	exact set
particular	particular prompt	particular set
Other adjectives: normal, usual, specific, short, original, single, simple, new, final, next, double, different.

prompt people

set people

An actual limit set on how many smileys may be used to avert or to work with after clause 1 happens, which will prompt hordes of angry topics to appear that will argue against the limit

Source: Just For Fun / The Grand List of Forum and Community Laws
Using one of those terms might prompt someone to "correct" you to the equivalent from the other set, but the fact of the matter is that a vast majority of people don't really care.

Source: Insistent Terminology / Real Life
Set List, a show where stand-up comedians improvise bits in front of a live audience, featured the prompt "15th-century sitcom" during Robin Williams' set.

Source: Wunza Plot

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