Act and Episode

Act

Act noun - A performance regularly presented by an individual or group.

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Episode and act are semantically related in passage topic. In some cases you can use "Episode" instead a noun "Act".

Nearby Words: acting, acted

Episode noun - Something that happens.

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Act and episode are semantically related in instalment topic. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead a noun "Episode".

Nearby Words: episodic, episodically

old	old act	old episode
best	best act	best episode
particular	particular act	particular episode
similar	similar act	similar episode
Other adjectives: certain, original, single, actual, entire, real, bad, famous, new, final, worst, next, double, last, said.

The Doug episode "Doug's No Dummy" had Doug work up a ventriliquism act (after Roger entered him in the school talent show), only to see Chalky Studebaker perform a similar act with two dummies.

Source: They Stole Our Act
The latter episode even had a dramatic reenactment (filmed in live action) for the third act of the episode.

Source: Documentary Episode
In LOST, the first season's final episode, Exodus, Part 2 features no dialogue in its entire final act, bringing the musical score to the foreground instead.

Source: No Dialogue Episode

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