Emphasis and Message

Emphasis

Emphasis noun - A special notice or importance given to something.

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

Message noun - A piece of conveyed information.

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Emphasis and message are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Emphasis" instead a noun "Message".

Nearby Words: messaged, messaging

full	full emphasis	full message
clear	clear emphasis	clear message
special	special emphasis	special message
similar	similar emphasis	similar message
Other adjectives: usual, strong, real, big, wrong, main, new, general, different, overall.

It had more of an emphasis on puzzles rather than fighting.The story begins with Link receiving a psychic message from Princess Zelda, telling him to come and save her from her imprisonment in Hyrule Castle.

Source: Video Game / The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
If it's a good guy going after a bad guy, the emphasis will be on how determined they are; if it's a bad guy going after a good guy, the message will be more that the bad guy's really big and strong and intimidating.

Source: Foe-Tossing Charge
Both Marathon and System Shock placed a strong emphasis on storytelling in addition to combat years earlier, but they used a text-message-finding system to advance and expand their plots (there's an entry about it below).

Source: Older Than They Think / Video Games

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