Contact and Key

Contact

Contact noun - An acquaintance who has influence especially in the business or political world.

Key and contact are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Key" instead a noun "Contact".

Nearby Words: contacted, contactor, contacting

Key

Key noun - An explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart.

Contact and key are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contact" instead a noun "Key".

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

How words are described

old old contact old key
physical physical contact physical key
similar similar contact similar key
normal normal contact normal key
Other adjectives: original, true, light, simple, actual, real, large, main, secret, new, mysterious, last.

Both words in one sentence

  • Although most of the aliens and their human contact escape, the last one is too slow to make it through, and shoves its hand between the stone slabs to pass the key on to the human monk.
    Source: Indy Hat Roll
  • Leeroy Jenkins Not only did he not contact the rest of his squadron to form up and hit the Germans en masse, he actually mashed his radio key to prevent his wingman from calling out a report on the sighting.
  • Videogame / Metal Gear Solid Also, towards the end when you're using the PAL key, contact Miller, and he acts uncharacteristically excited.
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