Overlapping and Parallel

Overlapping

Overlapping noun - Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles).
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Parallel and overlapping are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Parallel" instead an adjective "Overlapping".

Nearby Words: overlap, overlapped

Parallel

Parallel adjective - Having qualities in common.

Overlapping and parallel are semantically related. You can use "Overlapping" instead an adjective "Parallel".

Nearby Words: parallelize, parallelism, paralleled, paralleling, parallelise

Both words in one sentence

  • Decrypting Rita has four alternate universes with semi-overlapping stories told in parallel, some of which are in partial Anachronic Order, but at least each world is color coded.
  • Jigsaw Puzzle Plot: The comic has four alternate universes with semi-overlapping stories told in parallel, some of which are in partial Anachronic Order, but at least each world is color coded.
  • Roleplay / Mass Effect Rising Sun Merging the Mass Effect universe with the Exalted setting, the game runs parallel to -and often overlapping with- the main storyline of Mass Effect.
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