Book
Book noun - A set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction.
Directory and book are semantically related in information topic. In some cases you can use "Directory" instead a noun "Book".
Directory
Directory noun - An alphabetical list of names and addresses.
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Book and directory are semantically related in guide topic. Sometimes you can use "Book" instead a noun "Directory".
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- Whenever an investigative character looks up information in a telephone directory and find the one piece of information they've been looking for, they'll rip out the entire page from the phone book.
Source: Ripped from the Phone Book -
This fact is handwaved by an approximate date in the book ("When she was born, the Directory still existed" - that would be abt 1798).
Source: Teen Pregnancy - Sometimes the title says it all ("The Amish Phone Directory"), and sometimes the author of the book is the key ("What I Wouldn't Do for Money" by Dennis Rodman).
Source: World's Shortest Book
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Directory and Book. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/book/directory
Book & Directory. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/book/directory>.
Directory or Book. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/book/directory.
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