Stage and Tier

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Stage noun - A level usually raised surface.

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Tier is a synonym for stage. In some cases you can use "Tier" instead the word "Stage" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: stagy, staged, staging, stager, stagey

Tier noun - One of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic.

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Stage is a synonym for tier. Sometimes you can use "Stage" instead a noun "Tier".

Nearby Words: tiered, tiering

full	full stage	full tier
particular	particular stage	particular tier
similar	similar stage	similar tier
specific	specific stage	specific tier
Other adjectives: middle, certain, current, original, entire, new, early, given, late, final, highest, next, last, different, higher, previous, fifth.

For double irony points, John has, by this stage, gone "god-tier", essentially making him more godly than Karkat.

Source: A God Am I / Web Comics
However, there is a bomus for clearing a stage without bombing, and two out of the three bonuses are needed to unlock harder-tier stages.

Source: Video Game / DonPachi
Speaking of, getting 100% Completion only makes the tier stars on the stage select spin.

Source: Video Game / Rabbids Go Home

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