Function
How words are described
| exact | exact function | exact mistake |
| particular | particular function | particular mistake |
| similar | similar function | similar mistake |
| usual | usual function | usual mistake |
| Other adjectives: original, single, obvious, simple, actual, real, hard, little, easy, key, major, minor, apparent, basic. | ||
Common collocations
| name | function name | mistake name |
| way | function way | mistake way |
| characters | function characters | mistake characters |
| revenge | function revenge | mistake revenge |
Both words in one sentence
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The trope is often a function of practical visual cheats by filmmakers rather than a mistake.
Source: See the Whites of Their Eyes - An even sneakier two-way example appears in "The Queer Feet", in which a clever thief disguises himself in an evening suit at a posh function and acts unobtrusively, so that the guests mistake him for a waiter, and the actual waiters mistake him for a guest.
Source: Beneath Notice -
Unwinnable by Mistake: The game is unwinnable from the start if you select the co-op function in the NTSC version of the game.
Source: Video Game / Battletoads
Cite this Source
Mistake and Function. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/function/mistake
Function & Mistake. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/function/mistake>.
Mistake or Function. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/function/mistake.
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