Comedy and Tension

Comedy

Comedy noun - Humorous entertainment.

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Tension and comedy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tension" instead a noun "Comedy".

Nearby Word: comedian

Tension noun - The burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time.

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Comedy and tension are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Comedy" instead a noun "Tension".

Nearby Words: tense, tensing, tensed, tenseness, tensely

old	old comedy	old tension
good	good comedy	good tension
pure	pure comedy	pure tension
romantic	romantic comedy	romantic tension
Other adjectives: great, serious, little, dramatic, political, silent, extra, classic.

The inability to locate one's inkan can be a delaying action to build tension or comedy, as appropriate.

Source: Personal Seals
Angel: An effective use of both tension and comedy at the same time is found in the Series 4 finale.

Source: Stunned Silence
Horror dominant works will use comedy as a mood lightener or "breather" from the tension or gore.

Source: Sliding Scale of Comedy and Horror

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