Passage and Variation

Passage

Passage noun - An established course for traveling from one place to another.

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

Nearby Words: pass, passed, passing, passageway, passaged

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

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

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

human	human passage	human variation
old	old passage	old variation
special	special passage	special variation
similar	similar passage	similar variation
Other adjectives: specific, considerable, disturbing, small, little, dark, new, dramatic.

A variation on the theme shows up in the driver's-ed episode — the teenage rite of passage of learning to drive a car was a lot harder for her than flying a jet pack or landing a space shuttle.

Source: Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World
A variation in Big Game — rather than their Rite of Passage hunts themselves, Oskari's family keeps photographs of various family members with their thireenth birthday's hunting's trophies.

Source: Trophy Room
Another variation has the characters receiving the halves at the same time, but due to the passage of time or other circumstances, they are not aware any more of who has the other half; at least until said owner reveals it.

Source: Two Halves Make a Plot

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