Ploy and Twist

Ploy

Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Twist and ploy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Twist" instead a noun "Ploy".

Nearby Word: ployed

Twist noun - A forceful rotating or pulling motion for the purpose of dislodging something.

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Ploy and twist are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ploy" instead a noun "Twist".

Nearby Words: twisted, twisting, twister, twisty

good	good ploy	good twist
exact	exact ploy	exact twist
particular	particular ploy	particular twist
better	better ploy	better twist
Other adjectives: similar, common, obvious, neat, massive, little, villainous, main, clever, famous, final, odd, last, occasional.

Having such an impersonation can create Dramatic Irony if the audience is aware of the ploy, or a plot twist if they are not.

Source: Dead Person Impersonation
However, in a twist it turns out that Stampler didn't actually have a split personality, and went along with Vail's ploy.

Source: The Perry Mason Method
In The Wee Free Men, Tiffany is subjected to Food Porn as a traditional ploy of The Fair Folk, with the twist that she's more tempted by a vast and varied selection of cheeses than by sweets.

Source: Food Porn

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