Design and Motive

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Design

Design noun - A unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric).

Usage example: the curtains have a lovely floral design

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Motive is a synonym for design in part topic. In some cases you can use "Motive" instead a noun "Design", when it comes to topics like aim, objective, artful conception.

Nearby Words: designate, designed, designation, designing, designer

Motive

Motive noun - A unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric).

Usage example: decorated with a paisley motive

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Design is a synonym for motive in reason topic. You can use "Design" instead a noun "Motive", if it concerns topics such as part, objective.

Nearby Words: motivate, motivation, motiveless, motivator, motived

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good	good design	good motive
exact	exact design	exact motive
particular	particular design	particular motive
similar	similar design	similar motive
Other adjectives: common, complex, original, initial, simple, actual, entire, bad, new, possible, different, red, overall.

Both words in one sentence

Rule of Scary: Some of these monsters and horrors make no damn sense in design or motive.

Source: Creepypasta
In his Motive Rant, he claims to have tried selling it to a power company, but the design was so silly that they wouldn't take him seriously.

Source: Cut Lex Luthor a Check

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