Skill and Vocation

Skill

Skill noun - Subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something.

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Vocation and skill are semantically related in trade topic. In some cases you can use "Vocation" instead a noun "Skill".

Nearby Words: skilled, skillfully, skilful, skilly

Vocation noun - The activity by which one regularly makes a living.

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Skill and vocation are semantically related in trade topic. Sometimes you can use "Skill" instead a noun "Vocation".

particular	particular skill	particular vocation
similar	similar skill	similar vocation
specific	specific skill	specific vocation
true	true skill	true vocation
Other adjectives: single, actual, main, new, highest, primary, different.

In Dragon Quest IX, unless you've invested in a vocation's unique skill tree, changing to a new vocation brings you down to Level 1 with that class's base stats.

Source: Can't Catch Up
Dragon Quest VI The Pressure Pointer skill that the Martial Artist vocation learns is a pure example of this.

Source: Touch of Death
Some Dragon Quest games have a skill that allows a Merchant-vocation character to summon an merchant army to assault the player, which requires some of the player's money to use.

Source: Cast from Money

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