Piece
Piece noun - A broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete.
Trace
Trace noun - A mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Interestingly enough, he's the villain of the piece, enforcing "a near-monopoly" through underhanded dealings, threats, criminal connections, and similar - all of it impossible to trace back to him, meaning that he winds up as a Karma Houdini.
Source: Mr. Alt Disney - Most of them trace "moe" to an Evangelion scene with Rei in an alternate universe running to school with a piece of bread in her mouth.◊ Most interesting is how they identify the Aum Shinrikyo subway attacks as a major cause behind the rise of moe, as well as distinguish earlier types of otaku.
Source: Analysis / Moe
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Trace and Piece. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/piece/trace
Piece & Trace. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/piece/trace>.
Trace or Piece. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/piece/trace.
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