Hint and Variation

Hint

Hint noun - A slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation).

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

Nearby Words: hinted, hinting

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

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Hint and variation are semantically related in proposal topic. Sometimes you can use "Hint" instead a noun "Variation".

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

good	good hint	good variation
nice	nice hint	nice variation
common	common hint	common variation
nasty	nasty hint	nasty variation
Other adjectives: small, real, great, serious, little, slight, subtle, main, interesting, possible, minor, occasional.

A variation of this also appears in the classic scene where a disgraced army officer finds a loaded gun on his bed as the obvious hint to kill themselves in order to spare the regiment the embarrassment.

Source: Better to Die than Be Killed
A variation occurs in Misfits, where most of the main characters - who are notably dysfunctional, self-destructive and rebellious - get brainwashed into becoming eerie, do-gooding Stepford Smilers with no hint of their former personalities.

Source: "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight aka: I Know You Are In There Somewhere Fight
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door did a variation, where Grubba told the Iron Adonis Twins' that Mario was talking trash about them (hint: he's not), and one of the trash talks also had them being offended due to the fact that their mom had an outie.

Source: Your Mom

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