Bead and Sphere

Bead

Bead noun - A shape that is spherical and small.

Usage example: beads of sweat on his forehead

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Sphere and bead are semantically related. in ball topic. In some cases you can use "Sphere" instead a noun "Bead".

Nearby Words: beading, beaded, beady

Sphere noun - A more or less round body or mass.

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Bead and sphere are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bead" instead a noun "Sphere".

Nearby Words: spherical, sphered, spheric, spheral, spherically

single	single bead	single sphere
small	small bead	small sphere
large	large bead	large sphere
blue	blue bead	blue sphere
Other adjectives: tiny, black, white, glowing, final, smaller, strange, red, magical.

Surreal Symbolic Heads: Boss Smiley's head is a bald sphere with Black Bead Eyes, a tiny nose, a broad smiling mouth — basically, a flesh-toned version of the classic yellow smiley face emblem.

Source: Comic Book / Prez (1973)
D&D's fireball is actually a bit different: the spell shoots a "glowing, pea-sized bead" that explodes upon impact into a gigantic sphere of flame (the actual "fireball"), doing nasty damage over a twenty-foot radius, making it the first ranged AOE damage spell that Magic Users can cast.

Source: Fireballs

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