Distance and Plain

Distance

Distance noun - A wide space or area.

Usage example: a region marked by great, featureless distances

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Plain and distance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plain" instead a noun "Distance".

Plain noun - A wide space or area.

Usage example: the vast plains of snow-covered earth that seemed to stretch endlessly

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Distance and plain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distance" instead a noun "Plain".

Nearby Words: plainly, plainness, plaint

full	full distance	full plain
normal	normal distance	normal plain
infinite	infinite distance	infinite plain
entire	entire distance	entire plain
Other adjectives: large, big, great, huge, little, cold, vast, wide.

Certain celebrities, particularly those in British Indie music, can pass pretty much unnoticed in public, as from a distance they look like anyone else (short hair, plain clothes etc).

Source: King Incognito
It's almost impossible to find in shops, but it can be found in Halted Stream Camp, a bandit lair in walking distance of Whiterun, on a table in plain view.

Source: Game Breaker / The Elder Scrolls
Plain Magic is safe to use it far from the Heart of the World, but very few can do this, as the effects of spells and enchantments notably fade with distance.

Source: Literature / Labyrinths of Echo

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