Lesson and Method

Lesson

Lesson noun - Something assigned to be read or studied.

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Method and lesson are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Method" instead a noun "Lesson".

Nearby Words: lessoning, lessoned

Method noun - The means or procedure for doing something.

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Lesson and method are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lesson" instead a noun "Method".

good	good lesson	good method
best	best lesson	best method
exact	exact lesson	exact method
particular	particular lesson	particular method
Other adjectives: better, similar, specific, direct, original, true, single, obvious, brutal, simple, effective, actual, real, quick, main, practical, new, final, basic, intended, different.

Somehow, Nasty Nick didn't learn his lesson after that, because fourteen years later he tried to kill Ronnie Mitchell using the same method: sabotaging the brakes of her car.

Source: Series / EastEnders
Unlike Princess Celestia, though, Discord's method of "teaching" seems to be more just messing with Twilight and then teaching a lesson about friendship as a justification/excuse to do so.

Source: Trickster Mentor
Grimm dipped into this trope frequently, due to its method of having the main character try to teach someone an "important lesson" via reading a fairy tale.

Source: Space Whale Aesop

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