Calling and Diversion

Calling

Calling noun - The act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to.

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Diversion and calling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Diversion" instead a noun "Calling".

Nearby Words: call, called, caller, callback, callable

Diversion noun - Someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment.

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Calling and diversion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Calling" instead a noun "Diversion".

good	good calling	good diversion
aforementioned	aforementioned calling	aforementioned diversion

In the fourth episode of Spooks, a suspect under surveillance realises that his house is being staked out by two MI-5 agents in an unmarked car, and creates a diversion by calling the police and telling them that the occupants of the car are creating a public disturbance of an intimate nature.

Source: Calling the Cops on the FBI
Reality Ensues: In "Scalped", when Pickle, Peanut and Raga are being pursued by security at a concert they snuck into, Peanut tries to create a diversion by calling for a mosh pit, but it fails when he finds no one's interested and a guy he pushed was with his infant child.

Source: Western Animation / Pickle and Peanut

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