Frame and Source

Frame

Frame noun - The arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form.

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Source and frame are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Source" instead a noun "Frame".

Nearby Words: framed, framework, framing

Source noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

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Frame and source are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Frame" instead a noun "Source".

common	common frame	common source
specific	specific frame	specific source
original	original frame	original source
true	true frame	true source
Other adjectives: light, single, open, powerful, actual, massive, large, big, main, new, different, external, comic.

However, in condensing the time-frame of the story from the source novel, one anachronism appeared.

Source: Film / L.A. Confidential
In "Psychosis," the chorus Discusses the singer's hallucinations, which they frame as a source of fleeting inspiration until they decompensate again.

Source: Hallucinations
Notable in that the main power source for the science frame, "protonite", becomes the magic-producing metal "phazite" when taken across worlds.

Source: Magic Versus Science

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Source and Frame. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/frame/source

Frame & Source. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/frame/source>.

Source or Frame. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/frame/source.

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