Prompt and Start

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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Start and prompt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Start" instead a verb "Prompt".

Start verb - To move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise).

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Prompt and start are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Prompt" instead a verb "Start".

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

character	prompt character	start character
people	prompt people	start people
turn	prompt turn	start turn
line	prompt line	start line
Other words: end, fight, conversation.

Players were instead given an innocuous prompt to start a session with a new, generic character, not realizing that this would overwrite all previous online character data and reset their progress.

Source: Video Game / Grand Theft Auto V
Played with in MouseHunt, where Nathan Lane's character has an answering machine prompt that consists entirely of, "When ya hear the beep, start talkin'."

Source: Funny Answering Machine
Yuuki and Isara start using each other's given names without having to prompt each other in Isara's route.

Source: Visual Novel / Koi To Senkyo To Chocolate

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