Epigraph and Quotation

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Epigraph noun - A quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing.

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Quotation and epigraph are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Quotation" instead a noun "Epigraph".

Nearby Words: epigram, epigraphy

Quotation noun - A passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example.

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Epigraph and quotation are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Epigraph" with "Quotation", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: quote, quota, quoted, quoting, quotable

The three titles form a quotation that is the epigraph of the whole book.

Source: Literature / The Gods Themselves
Epigraph: In "The Mutant Weapon", "Ribbon in the Sky", and "The Grandfathers' War" — incidentally the first three stories to be written — each chapter is headed with an apposite quotation from the book Calhoun is in the middle of reading.

Source: Literature / Med Ship

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