Collection
Collection noun - A number of things considered as a unit.
Usage example: the historic village boasts an interesting collection of gift shops and antique stores
Group is a synonym for collection in whole topic. In some cases you can use "Group" instead the word "Collection" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like amount.
Group
Group noun - A number of things considered as a unit.
Usage example: car buffs stood around admiring a group of classic cars in the parking lot
Collection is a synonym for group in cluster topic. You can use "Collection" instead the word "Group" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as whole, crowd, amount, quantity.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old collection | old group |
| full | full collection | full group |
| special | special collection | special group |
| similar | similar collection | similar group |
| Other adjectives: certain, original, single, small, powerful, entire, massive, large, big, huge, bad, famous, secret, new, random, different, diverse, previous, largest. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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This is later explained by Jax Marshall, who states that the terrorist are not from one country or ethnic group, but a collection of "people from every country and group that fucking hates us".
Source: Film / London Has Fallen - This explains the second group: a collection of everyday people who also got lost in the forest and are now trapped in the town.
- In Isaac Asimov's classic collection, I, Robot, there is a covert group who sees the control given to the AIs as creating a Vichy Earth where humans are enslaved to machines.
Source: Covert Group
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