Alternating
Alternating adjective - Occurring by turns; first one and then the other.
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Ordinary and alternating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ordinary" instead an adjective "Alternating".
Ordinary
Ordinary adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.
Alternating and ordinary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alternating" instead an adjective "Ordinary".
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This was explained in the Discworld Companion as farmers treating the 400 days' single cycle through the seasons as 'a year' and ignoring the fact that the sun rises on different sides in alternating years, and most ordinary people use the farmers' definition rather than the wizards' one.
Source: Discworld / The Colour of Magic
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