Alternative and Shift

Alternative

Alternative noun - The power, right, or opportunity to choose.

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Shift and alternative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead a noun "Alternative".

Shift noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.

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Alternative and shift are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alternative" instead a noun "Shift".

Nearby Words: shifting, shifted, shifty, shiftiness, shifter

conscious	conscious alternative	conscious shift
obvious	obvious alternative	obvious shift
actual	actual alternative	actual shift
real	real alternative	real shift
Other adjectives: violent, main, interesting, new, final.

The shift of genre has gotten to the point where fans describe nu metal Linkin Park as "old" whereas the alternative rock style from Minutes to Midnight and onwards is "new".

Source: Genre Shift / Music
Chekhov's Skill: Possessing corpses in Defiance mostly serves as an alternative gameplay mechanic for Raziel to shift realms with the portals closed off to him.

Source: Video Game / Legacy of Kain
New Sound Album: Rage for Order perhaps most obviously, Hear In The Now Frontier as a shift to a more "alternative" sound, and Dedicated To Chaos, later, but not in a good way.

Source: Music / Queensrÿche

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