Alone
Alone adjective - Not being in the company of others.
Independent and alone are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Independent" instead the word "Alone" as an adjective or an adverb.
Independent
Independent adjective - Able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help.
Alone and independent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alone" instead the word "Independent" as an adjective or an adverb.
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Independent animators like Norman Mclaren and Ralph Bakshi, despite eschewing the old fashioned tradition of animation acting, also relied on heavy visual storytelling to put their ideas across instead of the soundtrack alone.
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In a very obvious example they reported the unemployment to have decreased by 50% while other independent sources (let alone the fact that more people were well ... UNEMPLOYED compared to before) suggested otherwise.
- While able to feel affection, they don't mind being alone, which expresses independence; combined with their lack of faith, this means they are independent from God.
Source: Analysis / His Dark Materials
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