Detail and Situation

Detail

Detail noun - A separate part in a list, account, or series.

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Situation and detail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Situation" instead a noun "Detail".

Nearby Words: detailed, detailing

Situation noun - Position with regard to conditions and circumstances.

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Detail and situation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Detail" instead a noun "Situation".

Nearby Words: situate, situated, situating

good	good detail	good situation
exact	exact detail	exact situation
particular	particular detail	particular situation
better	better detail	better situation
Other adjectives: specific, critical, entire, real, extreme, interesting, possible, odd.

In BASEketball, Trey Parker's character turns on the radio and listens to a song that describes his situation in absurd detail.

Source: Expository Theme Tune / Film
Two of the most common are: first, to have a character think they've overheard one thing, when in fact they missed an important detail that changes the situation entirely.

Source: Exact Eaves Dropping
Most of all, House's "sleuthing" manner of curing an illness, is similar to Holmes's logical scrutiny of every situation (if a snide, sarcastic and cynical version) pertaining to a crime, observing and breaking down every minute detail, and analyzing it expertly with deductive reasoning.

Source: Series / House

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