Essential and Factor

Essential

Essential noun - Something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable.

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Factor and essential are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Factor" instead the word "Essential" as a noun or an adjective.

Factor noun - A person who acts or does business for another.

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Essential and factor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Essential" instead the word "Factor" as a noun or an adjective.

Nearby Words: fact, factoring, factory, factored, factorage

The deterrent factor has faded with the end of the Cold War — "they can't attack you without hitting us too, and they don't dare attack us" loses a certain essential something when there is no longer a Them to worry about.

Source: Useful Notes / Yanks with Tanks
There are no gunfights or car chases, both sides are operating covertly with only limited personnel, and an essential condition for any successful coup — the public relations factor — is an important part of the planning.

Source: Literature / Seven Days in May
Cataliades, what with being friends with their fairy granddaddy, giving his gift of telepathy to all Fintan's ancestors with the essential "spark" Healing Factor: Vampires and shifters are quick healers.

Source: Literature / The Sookie Stackhouse Mysteries

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