Categories
Figures and categories are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Figures" instead a noun "Categories".
Figures
Categories and figures are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Categories" instead a noun "Figures".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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As far as historical figures who can be the subject of this kind of joke go, there seem to be three categories: those that everyone knows like Lincoln, those only known for one thing, like Grover Cleveland, and those where they are only known for not being known, like Millard Fillmore.
Source: Historical Hilarity
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Figures and Categories. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/categories/figures
Categories & Figures. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/categories/figures>.
Figures or Categories. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/categories/figures.
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