Collection and Entity

Collection

Collection noun - An organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure.

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Entity and collection are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Entity" instead a noun "Collection".

Entity noun - One that has a real and independent existence.

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Collection and entity are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collection" instead a noun "Entity".

sentient	sentient collection	sentient entity
good	good collection	good entity
similar	similar collection	similar entity
certain	certain collection	certain entity
Other adjectives: original, single, powerful, massive, large, huge, new, unique, vast, strange, different, giant.

In the short story called "The Boogeyman" (published in the collection Night Shift), a grown-up tells his psychologist about the closet-dwelling entity which killed his children, one by one.

Source: Things That Go "Bump" in the Night
The largest collection of the logrs is the Logris, a gigantic supercomputer visually similar to the Crystalline Entity from Star Trek.

Source: Data Crystal
The Worm That Walks: Mgalekgolo/Hunters are a collection of worm/eel things called Lekgolo, combined to form a single entity with a single consciousness (single as in using "I, me, my" instead of "We, us, our").

Source: Franchise / Halo

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