Lead and Manual

Lead

Lead noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.

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Manual and lead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Manual" instead a noun "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

Manual noun - A book used for instruction in a subject.

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Lead and manual are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Lead" with "Manual", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Word: manually

original	original lead	original manual
true	true lead	true manual
single	single lead	single manual
simple	simple lead	simple manual
Other adjectives: actual, entire, massive, large, huge, main, new, early, primary, occasional, comic, previous.

Unfortunately, he never reads the manual which prohibits the use of the device for more than 18 hours at a time, as it can lead to unbalanced psyche.

Source: Psychic-Assisted Suicide
This naturally often lead into unintentional hilarity, such as the Streets of Rage manual calling Blaze Fielding Pekka Peltonen in Finnish, a hilariously generic male name.

Source: Blind Idiot Translation / Video Games
Daggerfall's manual has a 'history' portion that details not only the history that can be found in-game, but also elaborates in more detail the events that lead from meeting the Emperor to waking up in a cave than what the game, itself, does.

Source: All There In The Manual / Video Games

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