Step and Variation

Step

Step noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.

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

Nearby Words: stepped, stepping, stepper

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

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

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

old	old step	old variation
good	good step	good variation
rare	rare step	rare variation
nice	nice step	nice variation
Other adjectives: particular, common, standard, considerable, simple, small, real, loose, great, little, slight, new, possible, unusual, occasional.

A common fourth-wall breaking variation on this variation is for a character to physically grab the closing iris, sometimes pushing it to prevent the scene from ending, other times stretching it open to rant or to step through into the blacked-out screen.

Source: Iris Out
Happily Adopted : A variation as Cassie is not Jimmy's biological daughter but his step-daughter and even after her mother dies she considers him her dad.

Source: Series / Shetland
Drebin in Metal Gear Solid 4 does a variation of this to Snake called "EYE HAVE YOU", which starts at the "eye" step, then he clenches a fist, then points to Snake.

Source: Eye Am Watching You

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