Take and Variation

Take

Take noun - A distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play).
Usage example: despite its contemporary setting, this take on King Lear isn't particularly novel or insightful

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

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

Variation

Variation noun - A distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play).
Usage example: the movie begins with a somewhat irreverent variation on the Nativity story

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

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

How words are described

good good take good variation
rare rare take rare variation
similar similar take similar variation
popular popular take popular variation
Other adjectives: great, serious, little, dark, subtle, humorous, interesting, new, unique, twisted, unusual, hilarious, odd, weird, strange, bizarre, different, literal, realistic, modern, comedic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Wild Take Animator Jim Tyer came up with his own variation, the "shrink take", where the character gets smaller in anticipation to the big take.
    Source: Wild Take
  • Pokémon Platinum Insanity Nuzlocke - A variation of the Nuzlocke he created to "take away the conveniences of Pokémon games we take for granted".
  • Sailor Earth Simply take an existing model (Zaku, Leo, GINN), change its design a little, and you have an instant variation.
    Source: Sailor Earth
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