Conception and Function

Conception

Conception noun - An idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation.

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

Nearby Words: conceive, conceit, concept, conceptual

Function noun - A social gathering.

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

old	old conception	old function
similar	similar conception	similar function
normal	normal conception	normal function
usual	usual conception	usual function
Other adjectives: natural, original, single, actual, entire, real, little, quick, easy, new, unique, alternate, basic, different.

It is left to the imagination as to what this represents, but a good guess, based on the similarity to the cover of Leviathan, is that this is his conception of the city of Ankh-Morpork, where millions of individual "cells" more or less function as a united whole - with Vetinari running the brain.

Source: Body of Bodies

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