Cast and Variation

Cast

Cast noun - A declaration that something will happen in the future.

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Variation and cast are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Variation" instead a noun "Cast".

Nearby Words: casting, castled, caster

Variation noun - A distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play).

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Cast and variation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cast" instead a noun "Variation".

Nearby Words: variety, variable, varied, variance, variant

human	human cast	human variation
old	old cast	old variation
good	good cast	good variation
female	female cast	female variation
Other adjectives: similar, small, real, male, great, black, main, interesting, new, heroic, less, limited, different, wide, older.

The Annoying Orange uses a variation as it's the entire face that's superimposed over most of the main cast instead of just a mouth.

Source: Synchro-Vox
Another rather odd variation was a Ranma ½ + Star Wars fusion where, while the Nerima Wrecking Crew were all cast into roles similar to the characters in A New Hope, they didn't replace them at all!

Source: Fusion Fic
Being the smallest female of the cast, she also qualifies for the Glacier Waif variation (but is a Stone Wall strictly speaking).

Source: Dishing Out Dirt

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