Occasion
Occasion noun - A particular point at which an event takes place.
Representative and occasion are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Representative" instead a noun "Occasion".
Representative
Representative noun - A person who acts or does business for another.
Occasion and representative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Occasion" instead a noun "Representative".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The engineers secretly kept working with Sony, though, and on one occasion, they had to hide the Sony representative in the closet when they heard Steve coming.
Source: Closet Shuffle -
Actually walloping an elected representative upside the head with it is depreciated these days, of course, but it has happened on occasion.
Source: Carry a Big Stick - After former Democratic Representative from Texas Charlie Wilson (of Charlie Wilson's War fame) stopped drinking for health reasons, he still kept a single bottle around for a really special occasion.
Source: Last Unsmoked Cigarette
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