Book
Book noun - A set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction.
Usage example: I bought another new book yesterday, and I can't wait to read it
Encyclopedia and book are semantically related. in published document topic. In some cases you can use "Encyclopedia" instead a noun "Book".
Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia noun - A reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty.
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Nearby Words: encyclopedic, encyclopedist
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- In 2011 a The Legend of Zelda art book and encyclopedia called Hyrule Historia came out included with an in-game timeline section from director Eiji Aonuma.
Source: Word of God - When they tell the mayor they're working "By the book", the mayor actually gives them a copy of the rule book, which is an encyclopedia-sized tome.
Source: Bothering by the Book - Timeline-Altering MacGuffin: From the second book, Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, a massive book dropped by an unfortunate London student who was briefly diverted into the year 1874.
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