Appearance and Layer

Appearance

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

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

Nearby Words: appear, appeared, appearing

Layer noun - Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance.

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Appearance and layer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appearance" instead a noun "Layer".

Nearby Words: layered, layering

short	short appearance	short layer
single	single appearance	single layer
dark	dark appearance	dark layer
new	new appearance	new layer
Other adjectives: final, unexpected, next, last, different, previous.

In order to restore the colors as close as possible to their original appearance, the team had to create their own green separation master, from the un-faded green layer of the negative.

Source: Literature / Pollyanna
This trope provides a layer of This Loser Is You when taken to include not just an average-to-ugly appearance but also crude behavior.

Source: Beauty Is Bad
Cool Shades: Very common, now that the game has a "social" layer for appearance that overrides armor.

Source: Video Game / Anarchy Online

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