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underCoverSailsman
Since: Jan, 2021
30th Jul, 2022 08:09:55 PM
This thread might be of some use.
Apologies for the double post, but I didn't want two discussions going on in the same thread that are only tangentially related. What exactly is the relationship between Verber Creature and Noun Verber? Is one of them a subtrope of the other, or are they sister tropes? Is the distinction in whether or not the name contains a noun before the verb, or what kind of thing the name is referring to?
In Verber Creature's example list, a lot of the names listed do in fact include nouns before the verbs, which seems to contradict the trope name. According to Noun Verber's description, the distinction is that "Verber Creature" specifically refers to species while "Noun Verber" refers to other things. However, Noun Verber's example list also includes a few examples that could be considered creatures such as Warhammer 40,000's Bloodthirsters and Bloodletters, and the real life "death stalker" scorpion.
Edited by Ian07