Type and Variation

Type

Type noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.

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

Nearby Words: typical, typed

Variation noun - Something a little different from others of the same type.

Usage example: an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone

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

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

good	good type	good variation
female	female type	female variation
rare	rare type	rare variation
special	special type	special variation
Other adjectives: particular, similar, common, specific, standard, nasty, popular, small, dark, main, new, unique, possible, unusual, strange, different.

Type 2: A slight variation of this is when a character creates a fictional time based upon the actions of one or more other characters.

Source: Cue O'Clock
Black Jack Justice has an interesting variation: there are two main character PIs, and they both have this type of monologue.

Source: Private Eye Monologue
Kyon, the viewpoint character of Haruhi Suzumiya; a variation of the character type, as even though he's very intelligent and literate, he's Book Dumb and rarely gets anything more than a B+.

Source: First-Person Smartass

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