Curiosity and Matter

Curiosity

Curiosity noun - An eager desire to find out about things that are often none of one's business.

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Matter and curiosity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Matter" instead a noun "Curiosity".

Nearby Words: curious, curiously

Matter noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).

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Curiosity and matter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Curiosity" instead a noun "Matter".

Nearby Words: mattered, mattery, mattering

pure	pure curiosity	pure matter
simple	simple curiosity	simple matter
great	great curiosity	great matter
little	little curiosity	little matter
Other adjectives: dark, trivial, interesting, minor, yellow, mere, strange.

Farnsworth: No matter what happens, no matter how great your curiosity, you are forbidden to look inside this box. Forbidden!

Source: Forbidden Fruit
Belkar managed to trigger the curse by himself anyway, so Roy mentioned the word to satisfy readers' curiosity "squiddleydoodlefluffer" and then the matter was dropped.

Source: The Scottish Trope
To her horror, Curiosity comes up with an argument that wins Logic over, so Susan has no real choice in the matter.

Source: Good Angel Bad Angel / Web Comics

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