Dormancy and Winter

Dormancy

Dormancy noun - A state of temporary inactivity.

Winter and dormancy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Winter" instead a noun "Dormancy".

Nearby Word: dormant

Winter

Winter noun - A period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness.
Usage example: during the long winter when the party was out of power, it had plenty of time to reconsider its political priorities
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Synonyms for Winter

Dormancy and winter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dormancy" instead a noun "Winter".

Both words in one sentence

  • Fire, Ice, Lightning In Wu Xing, there are five elements, but Fire, Water (defined by coldness, Winter and darkness, thus ice) and Metal (in which lightning falls under) are more distinct and more closely follow the life/death model seen above (Fire = Life, Metal = Decay/Death and Water = Death/Afterlife/Dormancy).
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