Collection and Matter

Collection

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

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

Matter noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).

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Collection and matter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collection" instead a noun "Matter".

Nearby Words: mattered, mattery, mattering

good	good collection	good matter
similar	similar collection	similar matter
short	short collection	short matter
small	small collection	small matter
Other adjectives: entire, great, little, living, private, personal, new, strange, different.

Futurama gives us a non-threatening example, with most robots (and people for that matter) just needing their heads to function, with bodies being more or less just a collection of handy abilities.

Source: Who Needs Their Whole Body?
For that matter, Nozomu's collection of unwanted admirers, each with a quirk of her own.

Source: Manga / Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
He determines that it doesn't matter, as he himself doesn't, and he doesn't show his personal collection anyway.

Source: Roleplay / Polyhistor Academy

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