Talk:Cinder Fall/@comment-37207210-20190220161915/@comment-25936766-20190222211854

@Embellen: In an informal sense, it's the same. But technically, quite different.

A Semblance, to use the WoR's wording, is an "active projection of Aura". It's an Aura trick like Blade Beams and barriers, just relatively-unique to each person. By extension, since everyone has Aura, that means everyone has a Semblance.

Or to put it in the equal-opposite perspective: If you don't have a Semblance, that's because you don't have Aura to begin with. Which won't happen unless you're a robot or a Grimm. At worst your Aura just isn't unlocked yet, and even then as we saw with Ren you can both unlock your Aura and discover your Semblance at the same time and by dumb luck.

The question overall isn't "do they have one or not", it's "do they know how to use it or not". It's like whistling, any person can do it, it's just a matter of knowing how to do it. Some find it easy and natural, others struggle at it, but it's something anyone can do in normal circumstances.