Attempt and Variation

Attempt

Attempt noun - An effort to do or accomplish something.

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Variation and attempt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Variation" instead a noun "Attempt".

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Variation noun - A distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play).

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Attempt and variation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead a noun "Variation".

Nearby Words: variety, variable, varied, variance, variant

human	human attempt	human variation
good	good attempt	good variation
similar	similar attempt	similar variation
real	real attempt	real variation
Other adjectives: serious, little, new, heroic, possible, twisted, strange, bizarre, recent.

There was a similar variation in Futurama as Fry, Leela, Bender, etc try to restore things after scrambling the American Revolution in a vain attempt to "improve" the Fry family history.

Source: Alternate History
A bizarre variation, In Community, the Big Bad has a fake psychologist attempt to convince the study group that they are insane, in order to prevent them from discovering his plots.

Source: Therapy Backfire
The first Knights of the Old Republic has a variation of this, as many players will attempt to survive the Taris section of the game on as few levels as possible.

Source: Low Level Run

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