Qualities
Synonyms for function
The synonym for function recorded in this bank is use, in the sense "what something is used for". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for function
- usenoun, in the sense "what something is used for"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and function carries one sense so far.
what something is used for
The function of an auger is to bore holes.
The true synonym
use
Same sentence, swapped: The use of an auger is to bore holes.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- procedure
- affair
- character
Where function turns up in the game
function is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where function is the trap
- operateverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is control, in the sense "handle and cause to function", and function is on the board beside it.
Play function
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so function reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from qualities at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. function carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.