Central and Ordinary

Central

Central adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

Ordinary and central are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ordinary" instead an adjective "Central".

Ordinary

Ordinary adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.

Central and ordinary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Central" instead an adjective "Ordinary".

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Born of Hope Mook Lieutenant: The central antagonist, Shaknar, is basically this—an ordinary Orc who's particularly good at fighting and orders the others around.
  • Gareth Roberts used the central concept of his Doctor Who Magazine story "The Lodger" (the Doctor becoming an ordinary Earthling's lodger) as the basis for the TV story "The Lodger".
  • Series / The Middle The former both shows are interested in finding comedy in the lives of an ordinary-ish blue collar family (with the wife being the central character both times), while the latter shows used the same premise as a backdrop to show the family's antics.
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