Procedure and Service

Procedure

Procedure noun - A usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result.

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Service and procedure are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Service" instead a noun "Procedure".

Nearby Word: procedural

Service noun - An act of kind assistance.

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Procedure and service are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Procedure" instead a noun "Service".

long	long procedure	long service
particular	particular procedure	particular service
similar	similar procedure	similar service
normal	normal procedure	normal service
Other adjectives: regular, standard, actual, entire, real, wrong, new, automatic, final, military, imperial, official, basic, said, magical, medical.

No health service or medical emergency procedure was prepared for the scale of what happened.

Source: Webcomic / Stand Still, Stay Silent
It's worth noting that many things that Holmes does that are common police procedure today were barely given a lip service in the 19th century.

Source: Police Are Useless
Intimidating Revenue Service: Romy Chandler originally planned to be an FBI agent, but switched to the GCPD after she learned just how much paperwork and procedure was involved with being a Fed, since if she wanted to do nothing but reports and memos she would have joined the IRS.

Source: Comicbook / Gotham Central

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