Progress and Variation

Progress

Progress noun - Forward movement in time or place.

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

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

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

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

human	human progress	human variation
good	good progress	good variation
common	common progress	common variation
considerable	considerable progress	considerable variation
Other adjectives: real, great, little, slight, new, minor, recent, magical.

A variation of this occurs with the three head shrines in the sequel Gretel and Hansel as one of the puzzles needed for Gretel to progress through the game.

Source: Monkey Morality Pose
Variation: In one of the Anastasia Krupnik books, it's revealed that Anastasia's father keeps his manuscripts-in-progress in the crisper, in case the house burns down.

Source: Cold Cash
A variation is several shots of calendar pages with consecutive days marked off by large X's to show progress toward a specific, final day which is marked with a large circle.

Source: Exploding Calendar

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