Book
Book noun - A collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made.
Usage example: they run things by the book around here
Collection and book are semantically related in collection of works topic. In some cases you can use "Collection" instead a noun "Book".
Collection
Collection noun - An organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure.
Book and collection are semantically related in collection of works topic. Sometimes you can use "Book" instead a noun "Collection".
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Both words in one sentence
- So extensive was the collection of works with "excerpts" in the book that many readers were surprised to learn that none of them were real.
Source: Encyclopedia Exposita - A single object, or a collection of extremely similar objects, that appear(s) many times throughout the course of the play/film/book.
Source: Motifs -
Sword Art Online Had the first book end with Kirito escaping SAO and then the second one being a collection of stories from the time that was skipped in the first book.
Source: Anachronic Order
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Collection and Book. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/book/collection
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Collection or Book. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/book/collection.
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