Course
Course noun - A usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result.
Usage example: set out on the course that would lead to a college degree
Technique is a synonym for course in approach topic. In some cases you can use "Technique" instead a noun "Course", when it comes to topics like means, plan, course of action.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good course | good technique |
| special | special course | special technique |
| best | best course | best technique |
| particular | particular course | particular technique |
| Other adjectives: similar, normal, usual, right, certain, standard, original, correct, proper, single, difficult, actual, real, dangerous, main, new, advanced, final, deadly, basic, last, different. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Waver says it's nothing special and a very basic technique that literally any Magus could do, but Rider tells him that often the simplest course of action is the best.
Source: Cutting the Knot - His first course of action upon being reborn is to send out his henchmen to assassinate every great martial artist in order to prevent anyone from using the Mafuba technique against him ever again.
Source: Magnificent Bastard / Anime -
Weak, but Skilled: "Weak" being an extremely subjective term of course, but Tenshinhan can hold his own against Frieza by technique alone, even though Frieza by far outstrips him in power.
Source: Fanfic / Savior of Demons
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