Detail and Theme

Detail

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

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

Nearby Words: detailed, detailing

Theme noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).

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Detail and theme are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Detail" instead a noun "Theme".

Nearby Word: thematic

full	full detail	full theme
special	special detail	special theme
particular	particular detail	particular theme
specific	specific detail	specific theme
Other adjectives: complete, single, entire, real, important, key, major, minor, visual.

Despite pretty much playing this trope straight, the theme song also cleverly subverted it by leaving out a VERY important plot detail as to the true nature of one of the title characters.

Source: Expository Theme Tune / Western Animation
It seems like an innocuous detail, but actually ties into the film's underlying theme.

Source: First Gray Hair
To explain this in greater detail, whenever Elzam Branstein would use an attack or do something that triggered his theme in the first game he appeared in, his theme would override anything that was playing in the background, even final boss music.

Source: Ascended Glitch

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