Fault and Variation

Fault

Fault noun - A defect in character.

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

Nearby Words: faulty, faultless, faulted, faulting, faultily

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

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

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

good	good fault	good variation
notable	notable fault	notable variation
particular	particular fault	particular variation
similar	similar fault	similar variation
Other adjectives: common, small, real, great, serious, little, slight, subtle, main, innocent, new, minor, hilarious.

The "it's not your fault" variation is darkly twisted near the end of the webcomic It's Walky!

Source: It's All My Fault
In an interesting variation, though, he betrays you BECAUSE he's a Crutch Character — his entire complex boils down to 'they're stronger than me, it's all the fault of those books, MUST BURN'.

Source: Crutch Character
In a variation, those who aren't happy aren't blamed—it's considered a failure of government conditioning, not a personal fault—and are given the choice between voluntary exile or joining the ruling class, since only those with some degree of dissatisfaction have the motivation to lead.

Source: Happiness Is Mandatory

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