Appearance and Instance

Appearance

Appearance noun - The outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality.

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Instance and appearance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Instance" instead a noun "Appearance".

Nearby Words: appear, appeared, appearing

Instance noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.

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Appearance and instance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appearance" instead a noun "Instance".

rare	rare appearance	rare instance
similar	similar appearance	similar instance
brief	brief appearance	brief instance
short	short appearance	short instance
Other adjectives: original, true, single, small, real, memorable, unique, early, major, final, minor, later, unusual, odd, next, last, occasional, earliest, previous.

Occasionally employed in a self-aware manner by Astro City — for instance, flashbacks to The Fifties might feature an appearance by a hero called "The Bouncing Beatnik".

Source: Fad Super
He is, of course, a shape shifter, though in this instance he had created his appearance at random instead of copying it, so it's as close as he can get to playing it straight.

Source: Identical Stranger
Kefka, for instance, gains his 'God of Magic' appearance, and the Emperor assumes his 'Emperor of Hell' form.

Source: One Winged Angel / Square Enix

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Instance and Appearance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/appearance/instance

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