Bug and Case

Bug

Bug noun - A person judged to be legally or medically insane.

Usage example: a bug with a fascination for tormenting small animals and setting fires

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Case and bug are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Case" instead the word "Bug" as a verb or a noun.

Case noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.

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Bug and case are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bug" instead the word "Case" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: cased, casing, casework

old	old bug	old case
good	good bug	good case
rare	rare bug	rare case
particular	particular bug	particular case
Other adjectives: similar, single, obvious, nasty, actual, real, severe, massive, big, serious, bad, infamous, interesting, famous, major, possible, minor, odd, bizarre, last, different, literal.

Happened in The Greatest American Hero when Bill Maxwell's boss, exasperated with his loss of government cars, assigns him a Volkswagen bug and the case of a missing circus clown.

Source: Reassignment Backfire
And given he and Ginko can still slip bugs under each others' noses, Diabolik often undresses people he kidnaps and throws their clothes into acid just in case he missed a bug (in at least one occasion, the kidnapped guy was an undercover cop and his clothes had a bug that Diabolik had missed).

Source: Incredibly Obvious Bug
In this case weak bug enemies are used instead of rats.

Source: Rat Stomp

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