Adaptation
Adaptation noun - The act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation.
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Synonyms for Adaptation
Rewriting and adaptation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rewriting" instead a noun "Adaptation".
Rewriting
Rewriting noun - Editing that involves writing something again.
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Synonyms for Rewriting
Adaptation and rewriting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adaptation" instead a noun "Rewriting".
Nearby Words: rewrite, rewritable
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Related pairs
- modification and adaptation
- modification and rewriting
- alteration and adaptation
- alteration and rewriting
- version and adaptation
- version and rewriting
- rendition and adaptation
- rendition and rewriting
- reform and adaptation
- reform and rewriting
- interpretation and adaptation
- interpretation and rewriting
- rendering and adaptation
- rendering and rewriting
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In the Sword of Truth adaptation Legend of the Seeker, Darken Rahl does this to the hero's sister after she gets amnesia, rewriting her memory from scratch with him as the compassionate hero and her brother as evil.
Source: More Than Mind Control - Since it was actually meant to be a direct adaptation, and was ripe with Continuity Snarl, some of the later books also took a broad strokes approach to the novel itself, if not outright rewriting some scenes to fit the real canon.
Source: Broad Strokes
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