Action and Variation

Action

Action noun - Something done by someone.

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Variation and action are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Variation" instead a noun "Action".

Nearby Words: active, activity, acting, acted, actively

Variation noun - A distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play).

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Action and variation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Action" instead a noun "Variation".

Nearby Words: variety, variable, varied, variance, variant

human	human action	human variation
particular	particular action	particular variation
similar	similar action	similar variation
specific	specific action	specific variation
Other adjectives: standard, simple, real, extreme, serious, little, main, heroic, dramatic, possible, minor, less, different, sci-fi.

A variation that often comes up in more action-oriented games randomly scrambles the player's directional controls, so if they try to move forward, they go left instead.

Source: Standard Status Effects
The same variation occurs in Charlie's Angels, where Dylan strips off the bottom half of her ballgown to reveal more action-friendly leather pants.

Source: Action Dress Rip
Frasier. In a variation on this, Niles got so upset at Frasier's over-directing a radio play in "Ham Radio", he decided to take action.

Source: Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies

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