Notion and Variation

Notion

Notion noun - A sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action.

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

Nearby Words: noted, notional, noting

Variation

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

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

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

How words are described

old old notion old variation
good good notion good variation
nice nice notion nice variation
similar similar notion similar variation
Other adjectives: common, simple, romantic, popular, great, interesting, unique, funny, twisted, weird, strange, peculiar, modern.

Both words in one sentence

  • The Grim Reaper A frequent variation is the notion that instead of the Grim Reaper, there is a Grim Reaper—that it's a position offered to certain people after they die.
  • Planet of Steves Greece, being a majorly Christian country, has a notion of naming people after religious figures and it is statistically impossible to live in Greece without knowing a single Maria variation or a Nicholas variation.
  • This Is Reality One character tells another; this is reality, this is not a movie, or any variation thereof, most often the stock phrase "This isn't a/an X, you know"; in order to get them to divorce themselves from an unrealistic notion — only, little do they know, their whole world indeed isn't reality!
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