Regulation and Variation

Regulation

Regulation noun - A statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity.

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

Variation noun - The act, process, or result of making different.

Usage example: the latest in a long line of variations in her hair color

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

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

good	good regulation	good variation
similar	similar regulation	similar variation
specific	specific regulation	specific variation
considerable	considerable regulation	considerable variation
Other adjectives: real, little, black, new, less, wide, modern.

The original New Mutants wore a black and yellow variation of the original costumes (without the masked cowls), but team maverick (and later team leader) Dani Moonstar wore fringed brown leather boots and a turquoise-studded belt instead of the regulation yellow ones to affirm her Cheyenne identity.

Source: Non-Uniform Uniform
Back when he was still an active assassin, he preferred brown, gray, and green - essentially a variation of modern-day camouflage, as he realized that the regulation black is almost always visible except in deepest darkness where you can't see anything, anyway.

Source: Modest Royalty

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