Deviation and Way

Deviation

Deviation noun - A turning away from a course or standard.

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Way and deviation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Way" instead a noun "Deviation".

Nearby Words: deviate, deviant, deviating, deviated, deviance

Way noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Deviation and way are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deviation" instead a noun "Way".

common	common deviation	common way
natural	natural deviation	natural way
standard	standard deviation	standard way
obvious	obvious deviation	obvious way
Other adjectives: real, big, subtle, main, clever, interesting, unique, major, possible, unusual, worst, odd, weird, strange.

On his way, he makes a single, minute deviation from his course, and ends up reaching an entirely different gate "billions of leagues from the right one."

Source: Wrong Turn at Albuquerque
Either way, any deviation from the alpha timeline, or extraneous instance of a given hero, caused by time travel shenanigans is doomed to die eventually, in some unfortunate and contrived manner if the universe can't scrounge up a good one.

Source: Clock Roaches
Comments: Excellently written, very interesting premise and although the deviation from the main canon might seem like it comes out of nowhere initially, Reens works with it in a way that feels true to the characters and to the spirit of the movie.

Source: Fanfic Recs / How to Train Your Dragon

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