Element
Element noun - One of the parts that make up a whole.
Usage example: a free press is an essential element of a democracy
Section is a synonym for element in component topic. In some cases you can use "Section" instead a noun "Element", when it comes to topics like essential feature.
Section
Section noun - One of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled.
Usage example: had trouble fitting the sections of the bookcase together
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| special | special element | special section |
| particular | particular element | particular section |
| specific | specific element | specific section |
| certain | certain element | certain section |
| Other adjectives: appropriate, separate, single, small, entire, large, big, huge, main, new, major, missing, final, significant, last, central, different, stealth. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Most of her books have a big section in the denouement explaining how each and every seemingly-supernatural element was really just trickery.
Source: Doing In the Wizard -
Twinkle Park also had a roller coaster game play element as the Pleasure Castle section opens.
- The Fifth Element, in its middle section, briefly becomes Die Hard on a boat... IN SPAAAACE!!!
Source: "Die Hard" on an X
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