Plan and Variation

Plan

Plan noun - A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective.

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

Nearby Words: plant, planned, planed, planner, planing

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

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

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

old	old plan	old variation
good	good plan	good variation
special	special plan	special variation
particular	particular plan	particular variation
Other adjectives: similar, specific, sinister, simple, real, great, little, villainous, subtle, main, clever, new, different, awesome.

A variation will start with an unspoken plan, and the villain will think he has the upper hand, but lo!

Source: Unfolding Plan Montage
A slight variation is when Charlie is against the plan until Bob says it's about something Charlie likes, whereupon he's all over it.

Source: Favouritism Flip Flop
A variation in one episode of Adventures in Care-a-Lot: Pleased with a plan, Grizzle kisses UR-2, his robot minion.

Source: I Would Say If I Could Say

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