Direction and Essence

Direction

Direction noun - A statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned.

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Essence and direction are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Essence" instead a noun "Direction".

Nearby Words: direct, directed, directly, director, directive

Essence noun - The central part or aspect of something under consideration.

Usage example: presented the essence of weeks of testimony in a 20-minute appeal to the jury

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Direction and essence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Direction" instead a noun "Essence".

similar	similar direction	similar essence
specific	specific direction	specific essence
original	original direction	original essence
true	true direction	true essence
Other adjectives: real, little, dark, possible.

The Naruto games they make do their very best to capture the essence of the franchise in its action, art direction, overall style, and makes them legitimately good licensed games.

Source: Doing It For The Art / Video Games
In essence, many feel that this game went too far in the other direction, giving the series far more spotlight than it deserves, as it has only three games to its name, with its most recent game before 2012's Kid Icarus: Uprising being Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters from 1991.

Source: Broken Base / Super Smash Bros.

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