Reading and Variant

Reading

Reading noun - A presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view.

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Variant and reading are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Variant" instead a noun "Reading".

Nearby Words: read, reader, readable, readout, readability

Variant noun - Something a little different from others of the same type.

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Reading and variant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reading" instead a noun "Variant".

Nearby Words: variation, variance, variability

close	close reading	close variant
good	good reading	good variant
full	full reading	full variant
similar	similar reading	similar variant
Other adjectives: usual, common, positive, standard, light, straight, popular, actual, amusing, interesting, dramatic, possible, odd, strange, different, literal, red.

Slings and Arrows has a variant: the actors are reading through the script for the first time, and the clueless intern is given the job of reading the stage directions.

Source: Reading the Stage Directions Out Loud
A variant from BBC comedy The Burkiss Way: The reading of Lord Hackingbottmo's will is disrupted when someone points out that he's the one reading it.

Source: Attending Your Own Funeral
Others are... kind of random; a Merrow needs a hat made of red feathers to (depending on which variant on the legend you are reading) return to the sea or assume human form.

Source: Our Mermaids Are Different

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