Story and Thread

Story

Story noun - A work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel.

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Thread and story are semantically related in plot topic. In some cases you can use "Thread" instead a noun "Story", when it comes to topics like story line.

Nearby Words: storey, storied, storyline

Thread

Thread noun - A thin, flexible structure that resembles a hair.

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Synonyms for Thread

Story and thread are semantically related in plot topic. Sometimes you can use "Story" instead a noun "Thread", if it concerns topics such as language, story line.

Nearby Words: threaded, thready, threader, threading

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

old	old story	old thread
good	good story	good thread
full	full story	full thread
best	best story	best thread
Other adjectives: long, particular, common, original, single, actual, entire, real, little, main, new, given, final, official, next, last, different, comic, previous.

Both words in one sentence

Over 5 books later, said experiments don't even get a passing mention, they're never thought of again, so it's a plot thread that went nowhere and contributed nothing to the story.

Source: Literature / Maximum Ride
Spinoff: In order to build interest, Marvel began the story with a plot thread in their G.I.

Source: Comic Book / Transformers: Generation 2
What really makes it gaiden, though, is the fact that, in the end, the entire point of the story is to resolve a hanging plot thread from its predecessor (see Urban Legend of Zelda).

Source: Gaiden Game

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