External and Slight

External

External adjective - Not being a vital part of or belonging to something.

Slight and external are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slight" instead an adjective "External".

Slight

Slight adjective - Lacking bodily strength.

External and slight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "External" instead an adjective "Slight".

Both words in one sentence

  • Human Outside, Alien Inside Other races have slight differences in external features, but may have radical differences internally.
  • Bear in mind there is a slight but noteworthy difference between a team of five with an internal leader, and a team of four with an external master, so while they may overlap they aren't one and the same.
    Source: Elite Four
  • Anime / Mobile Suit Victory Gundam Supplementary materials indicate that the beam rotors do not work by displacing air at all, rather, the spinning of the beams acts as an external Minovsky Drive, generating a slight anti-gravity effect around them.
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