Collection
Collection noun - An organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure.
Line and collection are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Line" instead a noun "Collection".
Line
Line noun - A series of persons or things arranged one behind another.
Collection and line are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collection" instead a noun "Line".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Non-Indicative Name: each episode includes a "Found Poem" (a collection of internet comments from people getting worked up about minor issues) and the episode title is a line from it.
Source: Series / Modern Life Is Goodish -
In one case, the "how did that stuff get down there" question was answered: a fashion designer decided the best way to publicize his new line was to dump the entire collection into various bodies of water and sell bait (instead of the clothes themselves) to see people try to fish them up.
Source: Fishing for Sole -
Or who knows; from a throwaway line from Destruction she also has an impressive floppy hat collection.
Source: Characters / The Sandman
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Line and Collection. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/collection/line
Collection & Line. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/collection/line>.
Line or Collection. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/collection/line.
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