sideshow

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Noun sideshow has 2 senses

sideshow - a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event; "instruction is not an educational sideshow"
--₁ is a kind of incident
sideshow - a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)
--₂ is a kind of show