Drift and Message

Drift

Drift noun - The idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action.

Usage example: you should expect a visit from the stork, if you get my drift

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Message and drift are semantically related In some cases you can use "Message" instead a noun "Drift".

Nearby Words: drifted, drifting, drifter, driftage

Message noun - A piece of conveyed information.

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Drift and message are semantically related in point topic. Sometimes you can use "Drift" instead a noun "Message".

Nearby Words: messaged, messaging

clear	clear drift	clear message
similar	similar drift	similar message
original	original drift	original message
powerful	powerful drift	powerful message
Other adjectives: wrong, main, new, general, political.

If your home base is destroyed but you survive, you're greeted, in the first game, with a message that you're stranded, left to drift endlessly in the void, before being sent back to start again.

Source: Multiple Endings
Message in a Bottle: The Twenty-Eighth Voyage is Tichy's diary of his last and longest voyage, which he put in "an empty barrel of oxygen" and let drift into space.

Source: Literature / The Star Diaries
If the Tiger's Claw gets destroyed in the original Wing Commander, you see a message saying "With your carrier destroyed, you drift endlessly through the void..." and are sent back to the title screen.

Source: Video Game / Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga

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