Calling and Term

Calling

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

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

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

Term verb - To give a name to.

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

Nearby Words: termless, termed, termer

musical	musical calling	musical term
special	special calling	special term
long	long calling	long term
original	original calling	original term
Other adjectives: actual, real, obscure, ancient, new, official, alternate.

Peppone sarcastically calling Don Camillo "Duce" and Gina Filotti needling Peppone by referring to him as podestà - the term for "mayor" under Fascism - instead of sindaco.

Source: Literature / Don Camillo
The Avengers: As Loki's Hannibal Lecture toward Black Widow gets heated, he punctuates it by calling her a "mewling quim," an archaic British term for a certain female body part.

Source: Politically Incorrect Villain
People call the undead 'zombies', but it's considered a politically-incorrect term, on par with calling someone a retard.

Source: Not Using the "Z" Word

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