Section and Tier

Section

Section noun - An area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature.

Tier and section are semantically related. in division topic. In some cases you can use "Tier" instead a noun "Section".

Tier

Tier noun - One of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic.
Usage example: the bottom tier of entrants
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Synonyms for Tier

Section and tier are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Section" instead a noun "Tier".

Nearby Words: tiered, tiering

How words are described

good good section good tier
special special section special tier
particular particular section particular tier
similar similar section similar tier
Other adjectives: specific, middle, certain, appropriate, upper, top, heavy, entire, lower, bottom, new, given, final, extra, next, last, relevant, different, previous.

Both words in one sentence

  • One of the top-tier challenges in the PSX version of DDR 4th Mix's Challenge Mode was to clear a specific section of a song without a single Perfect or Great.
  • There's also "Can't Be Tamed" which most players will probably dismiss as a cakewalk at first glance due to only being a Tier 3 and being a pop song, but the solo section is so difficult that it should at least be a Tier-4 category.
  • On the competitive battling section, the Italian magazine once opined (around Platinum's release) that Smogon shouldn't place Garchomp in the "Uber" tier because he has a glaring weakness to Ice (takes x4 damage from Ice-type attacks).
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