Ballad and Novel

Ballad

Ballad noun - A short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment.

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Novel and ballad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Novel" instead a noun "Ballad".

Nearby Words: balladry, ballade

Novel noun - An extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story.

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Ballad and novel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ballad" instead a noun "Novel".

Nearby Words: novelty, novelist, novella, novelette, novelize

old	old ballad	old novel
full	full ballad	full novel
long	long ballad	long novel
typical	typical ballad	typical novel
Other adjectives: short, original, light, romantic, popular, real, successful, bad, dark, famous, well-known, fictional, epic, comic, earlier.

Ballad of a Shinigami is a light novel series that was adapted into a six-episode anime in 2006.The story is primarily about Momo, a shinigami that looks like a white-haired young girl.

Source: Light Novel / Ballad of a Shinigami
Finnegan's Wake is the name of an Irish folk ballad, as well as a novel by James Joyce (though the novel does not have the apostrophe).

Source: Finnegans Wake
Reconstruction: The novel is a version of the English ballad "Tam Lin", which the characters initially dismiss as a fairy tale, in which the magical and superstitious elements are explained by the doings of a pagan cult.

Source: Literature / The Perilous Gard

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