Cover and Sub

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Cover noun - A person or thing that takes the place of another.

Usage example: people may only skip their shifts if they find a cover for themselves first

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Sub and cover are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sub" instead the word "Cover" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Sub noun - A person or thing that takes the place of another.

Usage example: we had a sub in English today, so we didn't get our test results back

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Cover and sub are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead the word "Sub" as a noun or a verb.

A third person shooter with a cover system is a member of the relatively new "cover-based shooter" sub-genre.

Source: Take Cover
The cover of anime film Space Thunder Kids DVD contains rather high quality drawings of things that have nothing to do with the very sub-standard animation.

Source: Detail-Hogging Cover
Unique in that it doesn't follow many of the sub-tropes, instead taking place in a world that looks like it came from a heavy metal record cover.

Source: Teenage Mutant Samurai Wombats

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