Ladder and Step

Ladder

Ladder noun - A scheme of rank or order.

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Step and ladder are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Step" instead a noun "Ladder".

Nearby Words: laddering, laddered

Step noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.

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Ladder and step are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ladder" instead a noun "Step".

Nearby Words: stepped, stepping, stepper

old	old ladder	old step
full	full ladder	full step
particular	particular ladder	particular step
short	short ladder	short step
Other adjectives: single, small, big, great, little, broken, next, last, giant, evolutionary.

Also, the ladder/step-ladder argument shows up in I-5, between Miles and Kay, and again in I2-3 between Gregory Edgeworth and Tyrell Badd.

Source: Strange Minds Think Alike
Maya makes callbacks to the ladder/step-ladder arguments in all the AA games.

Source: Video Game / Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney
Ace Attorney's ladder/step ladder gag makes a return with Phoenix and Pinkie.

Source: Web Animation / Turnabout Storm

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