Design and Framework

Design

Design noun - A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective.

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Framework and design are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Framework" instead a noun "Design".

Framework noun - The arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form.

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Design and framework are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Design" instead a noun "Framework".

Nearby Words: frame, framing

sound	sound design	sound framework
elaborate	elaborate design	elaborate framework
similar	similar design	similar framework
common	common design	common framework
Other adjectives: original, simple, entire, new, early, mechanical, general, basic, visual, realistic, modern.

Design-It-Yourself Equipment: Weapons are now cobbled together from spare parts, by attaching one or more cores to a framework and adding barrels and Gun Accessories.

Source: Video Game / Dead Space 3
After seeing authors like Stephen King and Isaac Asimov retroactively tie many earlier works together in later stories, he wanted to design a Metaplot that was deliberately worked into the framework of the individual stories from the very beginning.

Source: Metaplot
This means while the events shown follow the same general framework (same setup, same ending), there are also noticeable differences — compare Tooru's Dragoon Cavalier form in the anime to the design in the light novel◊ for example.

Source: Light Novel / Coffin Princess Chaika

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