Application and Drive

Application

Application noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.

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Drive and application are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Drive" instead a noun "Application".

Drive noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Application and drive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Application" instead a noun "Drive".

Nearby Words: driving, driven, driver, driveway

old	old application	old drive
normal	normal application	normal drive
specific	specific application	specific drive
single	single application	single drive
Other adjectives: actual, little, main, personal, creative, new, major, advanced, primary, different.

Even the Tandem Mirror drive is named after/based on a real magnetic confinement fusion technique, which has been noted to be uniquely suited to application as a space drive.

Source: Manga / Planetes
The fact Clara's own major flaw (her drive to emulate the Doctor) causes complications is an unintended application of the trope.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S 35 E 10 Face The Raven
In a classic application of this trope, the drive itself is just a means to an end, and we don't get much explanation for how it works.

Source: Faster-Than-Light Travel

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