Answer and Profession

Answer

Answer noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

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Profession and answer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Profession" instead a noun "Answer".

Profession noun - A solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something.

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Answer and profession are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a noun "Profession".

particular	particular answer	particular profession
common	common answer	common profession
true	true answer	true profession
honest	honest answer	honest profession
Other adjectives: single, actual, real, wrong, general, unexpected, official, different, previous.

In an inversion a spy in England, when asked what his profession was by friends and neighbors would answer "I'm a spy." Because nobody believed him, the ruse worked.

Source: Most Definitely Not a Villain
Evil Is Petty: It turns out the Vogons were ordered to destroy Earth by a consortium of psychiatrists, because they didn't want their profession to be destroyed by the presumed serenity that knowing the Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything would bring to the people of the universe.

Source: Literature / The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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