Hunch and Thought

Hunch

Hunch noun - An impression that something might be the case.

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Thought and hunch are semantically related in feeling topic. In some cases you can use "Thought" instead a noun "Hunch".

Nearby Words: hunched, hunchback, hunching

Thought

Thought noun - Something imagined or pictured in the mind.

Usage example: I just had a thought: what if we both pitched in and bought him one big present instead of two smaller presents for his birthday?

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Hunch and thought are semantically related in feeling topic. Sometimes you can use "Hunch" instead a noun "Thought".

Nearby Words: thoughtful, thoughtless, thoughtfully, thoughtlessness, thoughtlessly

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initial	initial hunch	initial thought
real	real hunch	real thought
bad	bad hunch	bad thought
passing	passing hunch	passing thought

Both words in one sentence

This invariably puts the thought in the audience's heads, causing a lot of them to go along with the hunch.

Source: Reality Show Genre Blindness

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