Support and Withstand

Support

Support verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

Withstand and support are semantically related in accept topic. In some cases you can use "Withstand" instead a verb "Support".

Withstand

Withstand verb - To refuse to give in to.

Support and withstand are semantically related in accept topic. Sometimes you can use "Support" instead a verb "Withstand".

Nearby Word: withstanding

Common collocations

fire support fire withstand fire
kind support kind withstand kind
weight support weight withstand weight
attacks support attacks withstand attacks
Other words: forces.
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