Idea and Paper

Idea

Idea noun - Something imagined or pictured in the mind.

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Paper and idea are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Paper" instead a noun "Idea".

Nearby Words: ideal, ideation

Paper noun - A piece of paper with information written or to be written on it.

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Idea and paper are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Idea" instead a noun "Paper".

Nearby Words: papered, paperback, paperwork, papery, papering

old	old idea	old paper
good	good idea	good paper
nice	nice idea	nice paper
similar	similar idea	similar paper
Other adjectives: original, single, poor, actual, real, bad, different.

However, when his idea became reality, educators wasted little time taking this fiction as gospel - insisting that students learn how to solve problems on "paper paper".

Source: Life Imitates Art
He does ask for paper at first, but of course the rest of the crew have no idea what paper is.

Source: Room Full of Crazy
The real problem with renbu was that it was a fine idea on paper but not in play on higher difficulties.

Source: Scrappy Mechanic

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