Occasion
Occasion noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.
Usage example: the missing money proved to be the occasion of much strife between the two brothers
Sequence
Sequence noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: the attempt to help was a natural sequence to her charitable nature
How words are described
| particular | particular occasion | particular sequence |
| similar | similar occasion | similar sequence |
| specific | specific occasion | specific sequence |
| complete | complete occasion | complete sequence |
| Other adjectives: single, little, infamous, memorable, famous, past, later, hilarious, random, odd, strange, bizarre, last, different. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Averted on another occasion, when Death assures a recently deceased character that he will now get to find out... but that's the final panel in that sequence.
Source: Godly Sidestep - Furthermore the pirates, on yet another occasion when their ship is smashed by Asterix and Co, end up in a sequence with them parodying the now somewhat obscure painting "The Raft of the Medusa".
Source: "Weird Al" Effect -
But curiously, the show later on occasion uses a rare version of the titles that not only reverts to the original sequence without these characters (despite them still being in the show), but also omits the actual title of the show.
Source: Series / Night and Day
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