Form
Form noun - Personal conduct or behavior as evaluated by an accepted standard of appropriateness for a social or professional setting.
Usage example: it's bad form to throw a tantrum on the court just because you lost a tennis match
Manner is a synonym for form in type topic. In some cases you can use "Manner" instead a noun "Form", when it comes to topics like kind, ceremony, way, method.
Manner
Manner noun - The means or procedure for doing something.
Usage example: you happened to reach the correct answer, but the manner by which you solved the problem was all wrong
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Synonyms for Manner
Form is a synonym for manner in method topic. You can use "Form" instead a noun "Manner", if it concerns topics such as way, kind, style, type.
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The common Forerunner view is that Humans Are the Real Monsters and little different, in form and manner, from animals (mostly because the Forerunners made them that way).
Source: Humans Through Alien Eyes - Averted by Robbie the Robot, in Forbidden Planet, who is very definitely mechanical, both in form and manner — though his polite, robotic personality is not without its charms.
Source: Pick Your Human Half -
Stern Teacher: Mr Quelch's firm but fair manner as a form master wins him the respect of most of the form.
Source: Literature / Greyfriars
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