Grade and Variation

Grade

Grade noun - An individual part of a process, series, or ranking.

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Variation and grade are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Variation" instead a noun "Grade".

Nearby Words: graded, gradation, graduation, grading, grader

Variation noun - A distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play).

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Grade and variation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grade" instead a noun "Variation".

Nearby Words: variety, variable, varied, variance, variant

good	good grade	good variation
special	special grade	special variation
particular	particular grade	particular variation
specific	specific grade	specific variation
Other adjectives: real, slight, black, possible, less, different, literal.

Break Her Heart to Save Her: Not-romantic variation, Computer Instructor did this to Pim, by dragging down her grade so she would not be chosen for a ritual.

Source: Video Game / LAst WEEK
Evil is a variation; he never finished grade school, but he's got a great mind for trivia.

Source: Southern-Fried Genius
Brooklyn Nine-Nine features a variation, in which it's not so much the grade that's unusual but the 'subject' being failed; Detective Amy Santiago once bitterly notes that the only F grade she ever received was because she somehow managed to fail recess.

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