Anecdote and Plot

Anecdote

Anecdote noun - A brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally.

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Plot and anecdote are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plot" instead a noun "Anecdote".

Nearby Words: anecdotal, anecdotic

Plot noun - A secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends.

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Anecdote and plot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Anecdote" instead a noun "Plot".

Nearby Words: plotted, plotting, plotless

good	good anecdote	good plot
long	long anecdote	long plot
particular	particular anecdote	particular plot
similar	similar anecdote	similar plot
Other adjectives: common, specific, following, original, small, entire, real, little, bad, main, interesting, early, bizarre.

The Discworld novel Jingo has a twofer, in the main plot and an anecdote.

Source: Silly Reason for War
Plot Bunny: The author has related an anecdote about how the story idea spontaneously fleshed itself out in his mind and became so distracting that the project which inspired it had to be set aside for a couple of weeks so that Legacy could be written.

Source: Fanfic / Legacy (Total Drama)
Scott Snyder has a penchant for starting every story with—as comics journalist David Brothers says it—the main character relating [Aged male mentor figure] used to say [anecdote relevant to the plot].

Source: Creator Thumbprint

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Plot and Anecdote. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/anecdote/plot

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