Body
Body noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.
Usage example: the body of the novel was quite good, even if the beginning was a bit slow
Text is a synonym for body in matter topic. In some cases you can use "Text" instead a noun "Body", when it comes to topics like main part of written work.
Text
Text noun - A book used for instruction in a subject.
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Synonyms for Text
Body is a synonym for text in matter topic. Sometimes you can use "Body" instead a noun "Text", if it concerns topics such as subject matter, subject matter of document.
Nearby Word: textual
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Mallard Fillmore often doesn't even draw the character's body, instead crowding piles and piles of text around a floating disembodied head.
Source: Wall of Text -
Dialogues in godspeak are rendered with invisible text in the story you have to highlight the whole body of text to see it.
Source: Fanfic / With This Ring - On one occasion Felipe's body gets covered in text, until Manolito "saves him" by arriving and greeting them, breaking the flow of gossip.
Source: Wall of Text
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