Alternative
Alternative adjective - Necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities.
Derived and alternative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Derived" instead an adjective "Alternative".
Derived
Derived adjective - Formed or developed from something else; not original.
Alternative and derived are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alternative" instead an adjective "Derived".
Both words in one sentence
- An alternative etymology: (Australian-derived?) General Gordon Bennett was an Australian army general who led his men abysmally badly during the military disaster in Malaya and Singapore.
Source: Stock British Phrases - However, at the dawn of the 20th Century, Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent civil movement provided a new alternative, largely derived from several traditions of European protests and civil disobedience.
Source: Thou Shalt Not Kill - Compare Everything Sounds Sexier in French for the alternative version of this in other languages (French itself is Latin-derived).
Source: Altum Videtur
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