Guide and Index

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Guide noun - One that accompanies another for protection, guidance, or as a courtesy.

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Index is a synonym for guide in indication topic. In some cases you can use "Index" instead a noun "Guide".

Nearby Words: guidance, guided, guideline, guiding

Index noun - An arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information.

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Guide is a synonym for index in indication topic. You can use "Guide" instead a noun "Index", if it concerns topics such as thing, list, register.

Nearby Words: indexed, indexing, indexation, indexable

old	old guide	old index
good	good guide	good index
full	full guide	full index
complete	complete guide	complete index
Other adjectives: certain, original, friendly, actual, entire, little, quick, main, cute, new, general, comprehensive, titular, handy.

This is an index, but it's also a handy guide to tropes specifically relating to common player tactics deployed in video games.

Source: Video Game Tactical Index
Not only are many of the clues found in the literal in-game "guide," but there's no index on the thing, so you have to keep guessing searches.

Source: Guide Dang It / Adventure
The strategy guide for Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri is notable for including an index not just for itself but for the original rule book that came with the game.

Source: Strategy Guide

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