Episode and Variation

Episode

Episode noun - Something that happens.

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Variation and episode are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Variation" instead a noun "Episode".

Nearby Words: episodic, episodically

Variation noun - A distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play).

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Episode and variation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Episode" instead a noun "Variation".

Nearby Words: variety, variable, varied, variance, variant

old	old episode	old variation
notable	notable episode	notable variation
special	special episode	special variation
particular	particular episode	particular variation
Other adjectives: similar, specific, real, serious, new, possible, odd, occasional, different, recent, comedic.

The animated El Chavo series has a variation in which the title sequence only shows the characters that appear that episode, similarly to the original show (itself an example) which announced which actors (and characters) were in that show's episode.

Source: Theme Tune Roll Call
Matt Parkman in Heroes, who in a variation was originally intended to be in the pilot, but whose introduction was delayed until the second episode instead.

Source: Second Episode Introduction
A variation in "Uprising", a second season episode of Switched at Birth: All of the episode's dialogue is in Sign Language.

Source: No Dialogue Episode

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