Bump and Variation

Bump

Bump noun - A small rounded mass of swollen tissue.

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Variation and bump are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Variation" instead a noun "Bump".

Nearby Words: bumped, bumper, bumpy, bumping

Variation noun - A distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play).

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Bump and variation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bump" instead a noun "Variation".

Nearby Words: variety, variable, varied, variance, variant

old	old bump	old variation
good	good bump	good variation
nice	nice bump	nice variation
similar	similar bump	similar variation
Other adjectives: common, mild, annoying, simple, nasty, popular, small, serious, blue, little, slight, subtle, noticeable, minor, occasional.

Screen Tap: A variation; Pete throws Mickey and Horace against the screen, causing it to bump, until they break through into the real world.

Source: Western Animation / Get a Horse!
Bruce Willis does it in Unbreakable — slight variation in that he's deliberately expecting people to bump into him in order to trigger his newly discovered Detect Evil power.

Source: Alone in a Crowd
An erotic variation occurs in the XXXenophile story "Things That Go Bump in the Night".

Source: Shape Shifter Showdown

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