While in some cases nearly identical to example, case is used to direct attention to a real or assumed occurrence or situation that is to be consid...

The meanings of illustration and example largely overlap; however, illustration applies to an instance offered as a means of clarifying or illumina...

In some situations, the words instance and example are roughly equivalent. However, instance applies to any individual person, act, or thing that m...

Although the words sample and example have much in common, sample implies a part or unit taken at random from a larger whole and so presumed to be...

The words specimen and example can be used in similar contexts, but specimen applies to any example or sample whether representative or merely exis...