Risk and Tempt

Risk

Risk verb - To take a chance on.
Usage example: Colette didn't want to risk running out of food for her party, so she bought twice what she thought she would actually need

Tempt and risk are semantically related In some cases you can use "Tempt" instead a verb "Risk".

Nearby Words: risky, risked, riskiness, risking

Tempt

Tempt verb - To take a chance on.
Usage example: refusing to lay in enough food for the long winter tempts the dangers of starvation

Risk and tempt are semantically related in lure topic. Sometimes you can use "Risk" instead a verb "Tempt".

Nearby Words: tempting, temptation, tempter

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

soul risk soul tempt soul
wrath risk wrath tempt wrath
people risk people tempt people
men risk men tempt men
Other words: someone, time, anyone, everyone.
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