Drawing and Spectacle

Drawing

Drawing noun - A picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene.

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Spectacle and drawing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spectacle" instead a noun "Drawing".

Nearby Words: draw, drawn

Spectacle noun - An elaborate, visually exciting show or event.

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Drawing and spectacle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drawing" instead a noun "Spectacle".

public	public drawing	public spectacle
actual	actual drawing	actual spectacle
great	great drawing	great spectacle
terrible	terrible drawing	terrible spectacle
Other adjectives: beautiful, odd, accompanying.

Battle Angel Alita: Discussed when Alita plays motorball; she's a skilled fighter and wins a lot of races, but (she is told) she doesn't belong with the true motorballers, who value causing spectacle and drawing in audiences above winning or even surviving.

Source: Technician vs. Performer
Finally, when the army is distracted with the rebel army, thus drawing them away from the city, Kelsier produces a public spectacle in the city square and is promptly killed.

Source: Batman Gambit / Literature
In Shadowchasers Ascension, it's never revealed what Ophelia's mother did that landed her in prison (and to this day makes Ophelia embarrassed to be associated with her) only that it was a very public spectacle aimed at drawing attention to herself, a habit that shadar-khar tend to have.

Source: Noodle Incident / Fan Works

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