Mode and Trick

Mode

Mode noun - A distinctive way of putting ideas into words.

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Trick and mode are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trick" instead a noun "Mode".

Nearby Words: modal, modeless

Trick noun - A usual manner of behaving or doing.

Usage example: that deadbeat is up to his usual tricks: once again he's claiming the check is in the mail

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Mode and trick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mode" instead a noun "Trick".

Nearby Words: tricky, trickery, trickle, tricked, trickster

old	old mode	old trick
special	special mode	special trick
similar	similar mode	similar trick
usual	usual mode	usual trick
Other adjectives: standard, single, difficult, simple, popular, actual, real, evil, main, easy, secret, impossible, double, basic, last, different, aforementioned.

Discontinuity Nod: In Raid mode, HUNK's special skill is stealth camouflage, a trick he previously displayed in the multiplayer in the non-canon Operation Raccoon City.

Source: Videogame / Resident Evil: Revelations 2
McCarthy realized this and included two scenes where Astrotrain pulls a horrifying trick and pulls into train stations in train mode before transforming and slaughtering all the civilians inside.

Source: Comic Book / The Transformers: All Hail Megatron
There's also graffiti mode in multiplayer, where doing trick on ramps, benches, rails, etc.

Source: Generic Graffiti

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