Flash and Tic

Flash

Flash noun - A sudden and usually temporary growth of activity.

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Tic and flash are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tic" instead a noun "Flash".

Nearby Words: flashy, flashed, flashing, flasher, flashback

Tic noun - An odd or peculiar habit.

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Flash and tic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flash" instead a noun "Tic".

characteristic	characteristic flash	characteristic tic
rare	rare flash	rare tic
distinctive	distinctive flash	distinctive tic
better	better flash	better tic
Other adjectives: similar, original, single, simple, small, main, famous, personal, new, odd, next, different, older.

In "Royal Flash" Flashman has to impersonate a royal who has this Character Tic, and is driven to strange facial twitching while trying to rehearse it.

Source: Fascinating Eyebrow
Anyone used to working on memory-heavy programs, such as the Adobe Creative Suite, will soon develop the nervous tic of using the 'save' keyboard shortcut every couple of minutes, or face the possibility of losing a huge amount of work the next time Flash or Premiere crashes.

Source: Save Scumming

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