Captain
Captain noun - A person in overall command of a ship.
Instigator and captain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Instigator" instead a noun "Captain".
Instigator
Instigator noun - A person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent.
Captain and instigator are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captain" instead a noun "Instigator".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| single | single captain | single instigator |
| real | real captain | real instigator |
| famous | famous captain | famous instigator |
| mysterious | mysterious captain | mysterious instigator |
Both words in one sentence
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Unwitting Instigator of Doom: The war on the second game started when a Veruna captain searched for the lost ships carrying the gold to pay Creon.
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Unwitting Instigator of Doom: If Captain Qwark hadn't been such a jerk to Nefarious when he was a Galactic Ranger, the whole plan with the Deplanetizer would've have kicked off.
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