Act and Event

Act

Act noun - Something that people do or cause to happen.

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Event and act are semantically related In some cases you can use "Event" instead a noun "Act".

Nearby Words: acting, acted

Event noun - Something that happens.

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Act and event are semantically related in occurrence topic. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead a noun "Event".

Nearby Words: eventual, eventful, eventuality, eventless

live	live act	live event
particular	particular act	particular event
similar	similar act	similar event
common	common act	common event
Other adjectives: certain, original, single, actual, entire, real, massive, big, bad, horrible, new, major, final, minor, random, next, last, biggest.

When a work gets its act together and regains its fandom after such an event see Win Back the Crowd.

Source: Jumping the Shark
Jean Grey Escalation was a trope meaning when one event in a story involving a character becomes the only thing fans (or even writers) remember, and act as if its their only defining characteristic.

Source: Square Peg, Round Trope
This event is a major point in her Character Development where she begins to act more reliable.

Source: Children Forced to Kill

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