Case
Case noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.
Usage example: you'll get a chance to make your case, but unless you're very convincing, your request will be denied
Explanation is a synonym for case in reason topic. In some cases you can use "Explanation" instead a noun "Case", when it comes to topics like statement.
Explanation
Explanation noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.
Usage example: when questioned by authorities, the students were at a loss for an explanation for their senseless vandalism
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Synonyms for Explanation
Case is a synonym for explanation in reason topic. Sometimes you can use "Case" instead a noun "Explanation".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good case | good explanation |
| full | full case | full explanation |
| clear | clear case | clear explanation |
| best | best case | best explanation |
| Other adjectives: particular, similar, complete, current, original, likely, obvious, actual, real, complicated, interesting, new, possible, final, above, bizarre, different. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Note that not every case of characters choosing an extraordinary explanation over a mundane one is this trope.
Source: Impossibly Mundane Explanation -
ONLY.... but then the trope was averted when the release was canceled without any explanation whatsoever, turning this instead into a case of Keep Circulating the Tapes.
Source: Series / Black Hole High -
The manual gives the explanation that this is because in such a case the soul immediately moves on to be reincarnated.
Source: Video Game / Ultima III
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