Case
Case noun - A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation.
Usage example: the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities
Subject
Subject noun - A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation.
Usage example: the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly
Case is a synonym for subject in matter topic. You can use "Case" instead a noun "Subject", if it concerns topics such as issue, one under authority of another.
How words are described
| good | good case | good subject |
| special | special case | special subject |
| best | best case | best subject |
| particular | particular case | particular subject |
| Other adjectives: similar, specific, current, original, single, obvious, actual, entire, real, complicated, serious, unfortunate, main, interesting, new, major, possible, former, worst, last, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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While the team was eating in a Chinese restraunt in "A Real Rain", they were talking about the case and then Elle asks to change the subject.
Source: Change the Uncomfortable Subject -
Phoenix's current case revolves around a case two years prior that may have been subject to evidence tampering.
Source: Lightning Reveal - Similarly, Judge David Young lectures the gallery on the subject of each case — or, really, anything the judge wants to talk about.
Source: Confession Cam
Cite this Source
Subject and Case. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/case/subject
Case & Subject. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/case/subject>.
Subject or Case. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/case/subject.
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