Calling and Dub

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

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

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

Dub verb - To give a name to.

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Calling and dub are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Calling" with "Dub", this verbs are similar.

In the dub, Mami switches over to First-Name Basis for Madoka and Sayaka, instead of calling them "Kaname-san" and "Miki-san".

Source: First Name Basis / Anime and Manga
The English dub of the High School Dx D anime has Issei routinely calling Rias by her name, instead of Buchou (or "Prez", as in President of the Occult Research Club) as he does in the novels and other adaptions.

Source: Dub-Induced Plot Hole
Oddly enough, when Elijah's brother Klaus (who also left The Vampire Diaries after season 4 and is now in The Originals) comes back in one of the later episodes of The Vampire Diaries, he talks about his brother calling him Elijah, instead of Elìa, the Italian dub name previously used in that show.

Source: Inconsistent Dub

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