Kind and Variation

Kind

Kind noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.

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Variation and kind are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Variation" instead a noun "Kind".

Nearby Words: kindly, kindness, kindliness

Variation noun - A distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play).

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Kind and variation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Kind" instead a noun "Variation".

Nearby Words: variety, variable, varied, variance, variant

human	human kind	human variation
good	good kind	good variation
rare	rare kind	rare variation
special	special kind	special variation
Other adjectives: particular, similar, common, specific, standard, friendly, popular, dark, new, unique, twisted, unusual, odd, weird, strange, bizarre, different, literal.

Samurai Shodown V and V special had a variation too, although portraits appeared when they activated State of Nothingness mode instead of appearing during some kind of super attack.

Source: Video Game / Samurai Shodown
Drakengard deconstructs a variation of Level Grinding showing us just what kind of person would slaughter armies of enemies in order to strengthen his weapons.

Source: Deconstruction Game
Jane and Ally are also kind of a variation, with Ally being something of a Shrinking Violet.

Source: Literature / Devilish

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