Chief
Chief noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.
Usage example: the chief of the estate was left to the eldest son
Nearby Word: chiefly
Piece
Piece noun - A broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Then Damon Gant, the police chief whose safe you took this evidence from, says he knows you have a piece of evidence, wouldn't you like to show it to the court?
Source: Not Quite the Right Thing -
As he was about to ride off, he turned to the pompous corporal and quietly said, "The next time you have a piece of timber for your men to handle, corporal, send for your commander-in-chief."
Source: Actually, I Am Him - The idea is played for laughs in this piece, the chief conceit of which is that by the year 2110, there is an academic discipline devoted to the study of Kesha's music.
Source: Serious Business / Music
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