Expansion and Variation

Expansion

Expansion noun - Something added (as by growth).

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

Nearby Words: expand, expanded, expanse, expansive, expanding

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

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

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

human	human expansion	human variation
similar	similar expansion	similar variation
considerable	considerable expansion	considerable variation
small	small expansion	small variation
Other adjectives: loose, great, slight, main, new, recent.

A similar variation in Dragon Age: Origins Awakening if your Warden Commander in the expansion is the same one from the original.

Source: Threat Backfire
A variation occurs as part of a minor quest in the Shivering Isles expansion of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, where an Imperial named Hirrus Clutumnus in Crucible asks you to kill him.

Source: I Cannot Self-Terminate
The Old World Blues expansion gives us the Zeerust proton axe as well as a throwing variation.

Source: An Axe to Grind

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