Application
Application noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.
Case and application are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Case" instead a noun "Application".
Case
Case noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.
Application and case are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Application" instead a noun "Case".
How words are described
| old | old application | old case |
| good | good application | good case |
| rare | rare application | rare case |
| best | best application | best case |
| Other adjectives: particular, specific, single, obvious, simple, actual, real, massive, extreme, serious, interesting, famous, unique, major, possible, minor, classic, unusual, odd, bizarre, different, literal. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- You Have Failed Me: A surprisingly more complex case than the usual villainous application of this trope.
Source: Literature / Ninety-Three -
Elijah Snow makes a localised application of this trope to Dracula in Planetary (see here); Sherlock Holmes mentions that in this particular case it'll grow back.
Source: Literally Shattered Lives -
In this case there was no clue (besides the increasingly hopeless situation) that it was a dream prior to the application of the Reset Button.
Source: All Just a Dream
Cite this Source
Case and Application. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/application/case
Application & Case. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/application/case>.
Case or Application. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/application/case.
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