Hypothesis and Reference

Hypothesis

Hypothesis noun - An idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation.

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Reference and hypothesis are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reference" instead a noun "Hypothesis".

Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.

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Hypothesis and reference are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hypothesis" instead a noun "Reference".

nice	nice hypothesis	nice reference
common	common hypothesis	common reference
original	original hypothesis	original reference
likely	likely hypothesis	likely reference
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, big, humorous, possible, several.

Arc Words: Twenty-one Grams; it's a reference to how the human body becomes twenty-one grams lighter upon death, leading to the hypothesis that it's the mass of the human soul.

Source: Light Novel / The Empire Of Corpses
In the Alcatraz Smedry the main character will sometimes makes a reference to how the events of the story would appear if they were written as memoirs, which is what the books pretend to be through Literary Agent Hypothesis.

Source: Leaning on the Fourth Wall

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