Formation and Style

Formation

Formation noun - The way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized.

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Style and formation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Style" instead a noun "Formation".

Nearby Words: form, formed, forming, format, formative

Style noun - A distinctive way of putting ideas into words.

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Formation and style are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Style".

Nearby Words: stylish, styling, styled, stylized, sty

preferred	preferred formation	preferred style
distinctive	distinctive formation	distinctive style
similar	similar formation	similar style
typical	typical formation	typical style
Other adjectives: common, specific, certain, standard, original, actual, entire, distinct, loose, new, early, military, classic, basic, different.

Their leader wears a helmet with a centurion-style crest and they fight in the turtle formation.

Source: Fantasy Counterpart Culture
Therefore, it was the pikemen's job to keep the horsemen at bay with a medieval style pike formation, while also serving as a buffer between the gunmen and hand to hand combat.

Source: Bayonet Ya
Similarly, in 15th Style: DJ TROOPERS, there is a new version of Cardinal Gate called Military Splash that has 4 Bemani artists hiding their identities behind battle formation aliases.

Source: Video Game / beatmania

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