Application
Application noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.
Subject and application are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subject" instead a noun "Application".
Subject
Subject noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).
Application and subject are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Application" instead a noun "Subject".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good application | good subject |
| best | best application | best subject |
| particular | particular application | particular subject |
| common | common application | common subject |
| Other adjectives: specific, single, obvious, popular, actual, real, successful, serious, main, interesting, new, major, frequent, given, possible, primary, different. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Death as Comedy: A rare application of the trope as the serious usually treats death as a serious subject.
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With the AWP expansion pack, you can also get a modified Shock Rocket called simply "The Puker." It induces immediate and incapacitating vomiting with even a split second's application to a subject of your choice.
Source: Agony Beam - They see it as a progressive subversion of Monochrome Casting that pushes people to overlook their own prejudices, but others see it as a highly misguided application of political correctness that ignores the post-apocalyptic setting and characters' statements on the subject.
Source: Broken Base / Anime and Manga
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Application & Subject. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/application/subject>.
Subject or Application. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/application/subject.
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