Digression
Digression noun - A departure from the subject under consideration.
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Synonyms for Digression
Footnote and digression are semantically related in deviation topic. In some cases you can use "Footnote" instead a noun "Digression", when it comes to topics like departure, aside.
Footnote
Footnote noun - A printed note placed below the text on a printed page.
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Synonyms for Footnote
Digression and footnote are semantically related in aside topic. You can use "Digression" instead a noun "Footnote".
Nearby Words: footnoted, footnoting
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Related pairs
- note and digression
- note and footnote
- incident and digression
- incident and footnote
- episode and digression
- episode and footnote
- divergence and digression
- divergence and footnote
- difference and digression
- difference and footnote
- deviation and digression
- deviation and footnote
- parenthesis and digression
- parenthesis and footnote
How words are described
| long | long digression | long footnote |
| lengthy | lengthy digression | lengthy footnote |
| literary | literary digression | literary footnote |
| historical | historical digression | historical footnote |
Both words in one sentence
- In a footnote of his Mémoires, General Paul Thiébault launches into a digression about a few one-eyed officers he met.
Source: Eye Scream / Real Life -
Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et Critique follows each brief entry with a footnote (often five or six times the length of the main text) in which saints, historical figures, and other topics are used as examples for philosophical digression.
Source: Footnote Fever
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Footnote and Digression. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/digression/footnote
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