Idea and Procedure

Idea

Idea noun - Something imagined or pictured in the mind.

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

Nearby Words: ideal, ideation

Procedure noun - A usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result.

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Idea and procedure are semantically related in process topic. Sometimes you can use "Idea" instead a noun "Procedure".

Nearby Word: procedural

exact	exact idea	exact procedure
similar	similar idea	similar procedure
common	common idea	common procedure
simple	simple idea	simple procedure
Other adjectives: popular, actual, entire, real, wrong, dangerous, new, traditional, possible, basic, radical.

Dogs in the Vineyard contains a procedure for the Game Master to quickly generate entire towns from a single conflict idea.

Source: Procedural Generation
The problem is fans like the idea of the situation, but not the procedure and are worried that the hypothetical payoff is not worth it.

Source: Moe Couplet
The fact that it was encouraged medical procedure... The very idea of sticking an icepick through an eye socket to reach for the frontal lobe is squick-abounding.

Source: Eye Scream / Real Life

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