Bit and Foil

Bit

Bit noun - A very small piece.

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Foil and bit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Foil" instead the word "Bit" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Word: bite

Foil noun - A piece of thin and flexible sheet metal.

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Bit and foil are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bit" instead the word "Foil" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: foiled, foiling

good	good bit	good foil
nice	nice bit	nice foil
best	best bit	best foil
common	common bit	common foil
Other adjectives: obvious, big, great, cool, evil, interesting, new, possible, additional, latter, occasional, different, recurring.

In the Mists of Pandaria expansion, when Garrosh turns evil, King Varian learns to be less like him by comparison and thus also becomes a bit of a foil to him.

Source: Foil / Video Games
Instead of actually spying as their occupations imply, it is always the sequence: get tiny bit of info, get captured, villain explains evil plot, leaves before making sure they die, escape, foil.

Source: Bond Villain Stupidity
Foil: Loki identifies quite a bit with the hel-puppy that he names Thori since they're both supposedly unalterably evil beings.

Source: Comic Book / Journey into Mystery

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