Hint and Plot

Hint

Hint verb - To convey an idea indirectly.

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Plot and hint are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plot" instead a verb "Hint".

Nearby Words: hinted, hinting

Plot verb - To engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends.

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Hint and plot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hint" instead a verb "Plot".

Nearby Words: plotted, plotting, plotless

good	good hint	good plot
long	long hint	long plot
better	better hint	better plot
common	common hint	common plot
Other adjectives: single, small, actual, real, massive, large, big, great, serious, little, main, interesting, important, early, major, general, minor.

In contrast to Foreshadowing, which may be no more than a hint at things to come added for artistic fluff, plot points are crucial to following the plot.

Source: Plot Point
Late-Arrival Spoiler: Describing the games plot without spoiling the first games main plot is pretty much impossible, if that warning at the top of this page doesn't hint at anything.

Source: Video Game / Absolute Despair Girls aka: Ultra Despair Girls
Count Logan being Beast Boy would have been a huge plot twist... The only problem being that we focus on him for the first two chapters with enough information that when the slightest hint is given, it's instead a plot un-twist.

Source: Captain Obvious Reveal

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