Costume and Show

Costume

Costume noun - Clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation.

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Show and costume are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Show" instead a noun "Costume".

Nearby Words: costumed, costumier, costuming

Show noun - An outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect.

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Costume and show are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Costume" instead a noun "Show".

Nearby Words: showy, showed, showing, showcase, shown

old	old costume	old show
good	good costume	good show
full	full costume	full show
special	special costume	special show
Other adjectives: best, similar, normal, complete, current, standard, original, proper, actual, entire, real, bad, dark, main, new, classic, last, comic, magical.

Rescue Sex: Barry has this with Megan when he saves her, in "The Trickster." Ret Canon: Shortly after the show's debut, Wally West began to use a costume similar to the one Barry used on the show.

Source: Series / The Flash (1990)
Particularly neat because the show tells two Alternate Universe storylines simultaneously, Sliding Doors style, and the costume change signifies a jump from one story to the other.

Source: Changing Clothes Is a Free Action
This forces the characters into crazy improvisations, costume changes, awkward stealth to avoid further disrupting the show and any number of desperate things to keep the show going.

Source: The Show Must Go On

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