Incident
Incident noun - Something that happens.
Speculation and incident are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Speculation" instead a noun "Incident".
Speculation
Speculation noun - A risky undertaking.
Incident and speculation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Incident" instead a noun "Speculation".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| specific | specific incident | specific speculation |
| current | current incident | current speculation |
| initial | initial incident | initial speculation |
| unpleasant | unpleasant incident | unpleasant speculation |
| Other adjectives: real, massive, serious, bad, amusing, interesting, early, past, later, further, hilarious, above, bizarre, last, prior, historical. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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In the novel Star Trek: Ex Machina, after the above incident with Decker, Ilia and V'Ger, the peoples of the galaxy become engaged in intense speculation as to what it means.
- Ross later terminated his contract with the BBC amid speculation that he was about to have it ended for him, due to the Sachs incident and other controversies including complaints about a homophobic joke on his radio show.
Source: Role Ending Misdemeanor - They're so wrapped up in the mythos and speculation surrounding the Rokkenjima Incident that they appear to have lost sight of the fact it was a real tragedy, with real victims.
Source: Deconstruction Fic
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