Acting and Extra

Acting

Acting noun - The performance of a part or role in a drama.

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Extra and acting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Extra" instead the word "Acting" as a noun or an adjective.

Nearby Words: act, action, active, acted, actor

Extra noun - An interchangeable part or piece of equipment that is kept on hand for replacement of an original.

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Acting and extra are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acting" instead the word "Extra" as a noun or an adjective.

old	old acting	old extra
special	special acting	special extra
best	best acting	best extra
short	short acting	short extra
Other adjectives: poor, little, bad, terrible, new, silent, last, occasional, comic.

In Slow Motion Riot, by Peter Blauner, Andrea refers to a character who seems to "love to do crimes" as acting like someone with an extra Y chromosome.

Source: Extra Y, Extra Violent
Extra effort was put into making the voice acting as similar to the original dubbing as possible (which is part of what made it so successful in the first place).

Source: Germans Love David Hasselhoff / Western Animation
Usually there will be one entity will that acts as the main character, with the other acting as an extra tool, hence the "Puppet" in the trope name.

Source: Puppet Fighter

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