Defined and Shown

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Defined adjective - Showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary.

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Shown and defined are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shown" instead an adjective "Defined".

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Defined and shown are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defined" instead an adjective "Shown".

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Although, since he was simply a character as a plot device he was very poorly defined and thus open to wide interpretation with what little was shown of him in the show.

Source: Die For Our Ship / Western Animation
He's never shown in any color pages of the original manga, so a hair color was never defined for him.

Source: Fanon / Anime and Manga
Super Mario World has Mario wearing defined jeans with back pockets, which wouldn't be shown in detail again until Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Source: Early Installment Weirdness / Video Games

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