Design and Rationale

Design

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

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

Rationale noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

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Design and rationale are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Design" instead a noun "Rationale".

human	human design	human rationale
good	good design	good rationale
particular	particular design	particular rationale
similar	similar design	similar rationale
Other adjectives: common, original, actual, entire, great, cool, bad, practical, possible, final, odd, basic, different.

Maddox, the author of The Best Page in the Universe, uses this as his rationale behind using a simple design consisting of a black background with white or light grey text in a large and basic font.

Source: Boring But Practical / Other Media

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