Appropriate
Appropriate adjective - Meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation.
Relative and appropriate are semantically related In some cases you can use "Relative" instead an adjective "Appropriate".
Relative
Relative adjective - Having to do with the matter at hand.
Usage example: I don't need the whole story, just the details that are relative to the case
Appropriate and relative are semantically related in pertinent topic. Sometimes you can use "Appropriate" instead an adjective "Relative", if it concerns topics such as relevant.
Both words in one sentence
- He feels that this is appropriate, as Venom Snake was "a divergence from a shared point of origin," relative to Big Boss.
Source: Fan Fic / On Missing Limbs -
Strauss, the protagonist (an adolescent male played by a woman) dresses as a maid, supposedly his country-bumpkin relative, and dons an appropriate accent to avoid a relative of the woman he's having an affair with.
Source: Wig, Dress, Accent - Garth Ennis dialogue features slang appropriate to the background of the characters using it (including profanity, especially Country Matters), Funetik Aksents, and frequent omission of relative pronouns.
Source: Signature Style / Comic Books
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