Application
Application noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.
Instance and application are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Instance" with "Application", this nouns are similar.
Instance
Instance noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.
Application and instance are semantically related in insistence topic. Sometimes you can use "Application" instead a noun "Instance".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good application | good instance |
| rare | rare application | rare instance |
| best | best application | best instance |
| particular | particular application | particular instance |
| Other adjectives: common, specific, separate, straight, single, obvious, real, extreme, serious, subtle, main, amusing, interesting, famous, major, possible, minor, classic, unusual, hilarious, odd, bizarre, literal. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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In this instance, the mantra is a bowling ball and it's application is it being thrown at Phil's face.
Source: Web Animation / Bonus Stage -
The world accessible through SCP-093 suffered what's essentially a Zombie Apocalypse under the application of a truly epic instance of Our Zombies Are Different.
Source: Everything's Deader with Zombies - The application of the trope in this instance is (very slightly) tempered by the era in which it was made.
Source: Quickly Demoted Woman
Cite this Source
Instance and Application. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/application/instance
Application & Instance. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/application/instance>.
Instance or Application. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/application/instance.
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