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Confluent

Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.

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Convergent 84% connected

tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Convergent 84% connected

tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Branch 76% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Confluence 74% connected

The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Confluence 74% connected

The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Feed 74% connected

of Fee

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Feed 74% connected

of Fee

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Affluent 92% connected

Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Feeder 92% connected

One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Merging 92% connected

of Merge

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tributary 92% connected

Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peac…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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