Alternative and Tendency

Alternative

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

Usage example: there's no alternative: we must cross the stream to reach our destination

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

Tendency noun - An established pattern of behavior.

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Alternative and tendency are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alternative" instead a noun "Tendency".

good	good alternative	good tendency
common	common alternative	common tendency
nasty	nasty alternative	nasty tendency
real	real alternative	real tendency
Other adjectives: great, evil, interesting, new, modern.

In fact, James Young Simpson invented chloroform as an alternative anesthesia because hospitals that used ether had a nasty tendency to blow up.

Source: Instant Sedation
Alternative Number System: The D'ni have a base 25 system, in keeping with the games' general tendency to use powers of five as Arc Numbers.

Source: Video Game / Myst
If you didnt have them, the only alternative was to shoot the exposed brain matter on their back, which was a problem because of their tendency to rapidly turn around every time theyre shot.

Source: Heavily Armored Mook

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