Canon and Form

Canon

Canon noun - A statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church.

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Form and canon are semantically related in rule topic. In some cases you can use "Form" instead a noun "Canon", when it comes to topics like procedure.

Nearby Words: canonical, canonization, canonize

Form

Form noun - The outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance.

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Canon and form are semantically related in ceremony topic. Sometimes you can use "Canon" instead a noun "Form".

Nearby Words: formal, formation, formed, formality, formless

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How words are described

preferred	preferred canon	preferred form
old	old canon	old form
full	full canon	full form
normal	normal canon	normal form
Other adjectives: complete, regular, current, standard, original, true, proper, actual, real, final, primary, alternate, basic, different, written, comic, giant, previous, modern.

Both words in one sentence

When canon writers do this, it's a form of Character Derailment and often leads to the other type of Canon Sue.

Source: Possession Sue
Canada exists in doujinshi form and in fanfic form despite the fact that the characters (that is, non-genderbended) never even interacted in canon.

Source: Crack Pairing / Anime and Manga
Also, Kanshou and Bakuya Overedge form from the Fate/stay night anime became a canon.

Source: Canon Immigrant / Video Games

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