Evidence and Instance

Evidence

Evidence noun - Something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim.

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Instance and evidence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Instance" instead the word "Evidence" as a noun or a verb.

Instance noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.

Usage example: this is just one instance of his repeated failure to do what he promised

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Evidence and instance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Evidence" instead the word "Instance" as a noun or a verb.

good	good evidence	good instance
best	best evidence	best instance
certain	certain evidence	certain instance
obvious	obvious evidence	obvious instance
Other adjectives: real, subtle, main, possible, later, significant.

evidence time

instance time

Whatever good intentions Bob may have had, destroying the evidence will probably have bad results — a villain could walk free, for instance, or a good guy might be implicated.

Source: Destroy the Evidence
Resolving said fetters (using the gun that killed the ghost as evidence to convict their murderer, for instance) will allow them to pass on to the true afterlife instead.

Source: Haunted Fetter
One instance had him shoot up the ceiling of a courtroom with a sub-machine gun (an evidence item, no less).

Source: Karma Houdini / Live-Action TV

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Instance and Evidence. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/evidence/instance

Evidence & Instance. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/evidence/instance>.

Instance or Evidence. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/evidence/instance.

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