Source
Source verb - Get (a product) from another country or business.
Use
Use verb - To put into action or service.
How words are described
| good | good source | good use |
| best | best source | best use |
| better | better source | better use |
| common | common source | common use |
| Other adjectives: regular, original, free, single, popular, actual, real, constant, unlimited, great, excellent, potential, main, new, frequent, possible, primary, different, efficient. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- In 4th Edition, they've separated things more fully; Clerics and Paladins have the "divine" power source and use (cast?) prayers, while Wizards and others still cast spells and have the "arcane" power source.
Source: Religion Is Magic - In Shadow the Hedgehog, Black Doom wants to use humans as a power source instead.
Source: Living Battery -
Phlebotinum Rebel: Adol Christin and Hugo Fact can use magic that use the same source of power as what spawns demons, the Black Pearl.
Source: Franchise / Ys
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