Plot
Plot noun - A secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends.
Usage
Usage noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.
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| good | good plot | good usage |
| particular | particular plot | particular usage |
| better | better plot | better usage |
| similar | similar plot | similar usage |
| Other adjectives: typical, usual, common, specific, current, standard, original, single, actual, serious, main, interesting, early, frequent, general, minor, secondary, different. | ||
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Apart from its usage in character design, this trope can also play a role in the plot; often, someone notices how similar two characters look and thus figures out they're related to each other.
Source: Strong Family Resemblance -
For that reason, most actual literature that is this genre should probably go on one of those pages, rather than this one, which will restrict its examples to usage as a plot device.
Source: Ghost Story - It was originally used to refer to plotless gay erotica, and was an abbreviation of "yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi" (no plot, no point, no meaning), and rapidly spread in usage from there.
Source: Porn Without Plot
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Usage or Plot. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/plot/usage.
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