Compass and Line

Compass

Compass noun - A guiding or motivating purpose or principle.

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Line and compass are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Line" instead a noun "Compass".

Nearby Words: compassion, compassed, compassing

Line noun - A region of activity, knowledge, or influence.

Usage example: advanced mathematics is a little outside of my line, but I'll see what I can do to help

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Compass and line are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compass" instead a noun "Line".

Nearby Words: lined, linear, lineup, lineage, lineal

best	best compass	best line
simple	simple compass	simple line
small	small compass	small line
actual	actual compass	actual line
Other adjectives: real, moral, major, different, snarky.

Rather than point north the Log Pose, a special compass used to navigate the Grand Line, instead points to nearby islands.

Source: Magic Compass
While the Red Ryder didn't have "the compass in the stock and the thing that tells time", another model in the product line, the "Buck Jones", did have both a sundial and a compass in the stock.

Source: Aluminum Christmas Trees
This is because islands on the Grand Line have magnetic fields of their own so powerful they make any normal compass useless.

Source: Magic Compass

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