River and Variation

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River noun - A large natural stream of water (larger than a creek).

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

Nearby Words: rive, riverside, riverine

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

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

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

human	human river	human variation
good	good river	good variation
particular	particular river	particular variation
small	small river	small variation
Other adjectives: real, blue, little, literal, magical.

Another variation from The Mill on the Floss sees estranged siblings Maggie and Tom Tulliver reconciling during a flood which devastates their community when the eponymous river bursts its banks.

Source: Redemption in the Rain
Another variation on this trope occurs in the Defenders of the Earth episode "The Ghost Walks Again", where The Phantom falls into a river after being shot.

Source: Dead Hat Shot
Jack Chalker's River of Dancing Gods series literally has variation 2 written right into the physical laws of its universe.

Source: Third Law of Gender Bending

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