Instead
Instead adverb - In place of, or as an alternative to.
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Synonyms for Instead
Otherwise and instead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Otherwise" instead the word "Instead" as an adverb or a conjunction. popular alternative
Otherwise
Otherwise adverb - In a different way.
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Synonyms for Otherwise
Instead and otherwise are semantically related. You can use "Instead" instead the word "Otherwise" as an adverb or a conjunction. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- rather and instead
- rather and otherwise
- alternative and instead
- alternative and otherwise
- moreover and instead
- moreover and otherwise
- furthermore and instead
- furthermore and otherwise
- besides and instead
- besides and otherwise
- else and instead
- else and otherwise
- on the contrary and instead
- on the contrary and otherwise
Both words in one sentence
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It takes place in The Golden Age of Piracy instead of World War II, and the monster is a siren instead of a zombie, but the plots are otherwise exactly the same.
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Paper Fan of Doom: Well, Yozora uses a fly swatter instead, but otherwise utilizes it for this trope, usually to smack Sena either for saying or doing something stupid.
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He is very intelligent when it comes to language but otherwise, he is rather clumsy and often, others will find him with his head in the clouds instead of on his shoulders.
Source: Western Animation / Toad Patrol
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