Allusion and Comment

Allusion

Allusion noun - Passing reference or indirect mention.

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Comment and allusion are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Comment" instead a noun "Allusion".

Nearby Words: allusive, alluded, alluding, allusively

Comment noun - A briefly expressed opinion.

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Allusion and comment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allusion" instead a noun "Comment".

good	good allusion	good comment
similar	similar allusion	similar comment
brief	brief allusion	brief comment
single	single allusion	single comment
Other adjectives: simple, small, sly, unfortunate, little, bad, ironic, humorous, vague, passing, minor, funny, further, occasional, snarky.

M's offhand comment "Christ, I miss the Cold War", besides being a Continuity Nod to older Bond movies, is likely an allusion to the post 9/11 state of politics.

Source: Post-9/11 Terrorism Movie
And in what appears to be a thinly-veiled allusion to his eventual fate should he survive the war, the last scene of the film shows the Kronprinz, a future Nazi sympathiser, apparently making an anti-Semitic comment before sending Horstmayer and his men to Eastern Europe in cattle cars.

Source: Film / Joyeux Noël
The crossover between Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.This movie contains examples of the following tropes: Actor Allusion: the Buster Hercules transforms into MagiKing, prompting Jin to comment that he feels right at home inside it.

Source: Film / Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie

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