Procedure and Variation

Procedure

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

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

Nearby Word: procedural

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

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

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

special	special procedure	special variation
particular	particular procedure	particular variation
similar	similar procedure	similar variation
common	common procedure	common variation
Other adjectives: specific, standard, simple, popular, real, new, possible, gruesome, minor, realistic, magical, genetic.

A variation of this trope is to give a character a rectal examination, an enema, a rectal laxative, or some other similar medical procedure, whereupon Hilarity Ensues.

Source: Ass Shove
This is a variation in that one twin had developed into The Atoner because of his twin's status, and was developing a procedure to wake him up.

Source: Twin Switch
In a weird variation, a Komato soldier expresses regret that the standard procedure for any Tasen-invaded world is to glass it in a diary.

Source: Video Game / Iji

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