Novel and Present

Novel

Novel adjective - Not known or experienced before.

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Present and novel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Present" instead an adjective "Novel".

Nearby Words: novelty, novelist, novella, novelette, novelize

Present adjective - Existing or in progress right now.

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Novel and present are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Novel" instead an adjective "Present".

good	good novel	good present
sound	sound novel	sound present
full	full novel	full present
best	best novel	best present
Other adjectives: original, single, romantic, popular, actual, entire, real, great, bad, dark, famous, new, early, past, next, alternate, last, said, favorite.

The Alternate History novel SS-GB subverts this when the German officer tells the hero that he had to present atomic bomb research as something occult to get high ranking Nazis to fund it.

Source: Ghostapo
The game plays out as a standard visual novel for the most part, with minor decisions (like who to socialize with at certain points) being present to change what events play out, and how.

Source: Visual Novel / Maxs Big Bust A Captain Nekorai Tale
All The Light We Cannot See, a novel that follows a French and a German teenager through World War II, is told in present tense, even when the story skips backwards ten years after the first chapter.

Source: Present Tense Narrative

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