Extension
Extension noun - The act of making longer.
Separation and extension are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Separation" instead a noun "Extension".
Separation
Separation noun - The act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces.
Extension and separation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extension" instead a noun "Separation".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- He is faced, through the separation of his kin, with emasculation and, by extension, erasure of his identity.
Source: Analysis / Zap Dramatic - Later, she and Matsuda (and by extension, the surviving members of the task force) find each other again online after a period of separation.
Source: Ascended Fanboy -
To a lesser degree, it also brings the Big Finish adventures (and, by extension, potentially all the novels and the post-1979 comic strips too, thanks to Big Finish's six degrees of separation) into the canon of the televised series.
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Separation and Extension. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/extension/separation
Extension & Separation. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/extension/separation>.
Separation or Extension. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/extension/separation.
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