Collection and Function

Collection

Collection noun - An organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure.

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Function and collection are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Function" instead a noun "Collection".

Function noun - A social gathering.

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Collection and function are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collection" instead a noun "Function".

old	old collection	old function
full	full collection	full function
special	special collection	special function
similar	similar collection	similar function
Other adjectives: usual, certain, original, single, entire, little, secret, new, unique, basic, different.

In turn, each of these souls will have a collection of external souls of their own, who serve a similar (although more stringently defined) function.

Source: Anatomy of the Soul
Futurama gives us a non-threatening example, with most robots (and people for that matter) just needing their heads to function, with bodies being more or less just a collection of handy abilities.

Source: Who Needs Their Whole Body?
Each was a collection of text with a basic browser and a word search function.

Source: I Want My Jet Pack

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