Faction and Rival

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Faction noun - A group of people acting together within a larger group.

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Rival and faction are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rival" instead a noun "Faction".

Rival noun - One that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value.

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Faction and rival are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Faction" instead a noun "Rival".

Nearby Words: rivalry, rivaled, rivaling, rivalled

good	good faction	good rival
specific	specific faction	specific rival
certain	certain faction	certain rival
original	original faction	original rival
Other adjectives: legitimate, prominent, native, powerful, actual, dangerous, bad, antagonistic, main, new, major, political, former, mysterious, primary, unknown, titular, opposite, biggest, strongest.

Killing members of a faction made you lose faction points but also awarded you points for rival factions.

Source: Video Game / Star Wars: Galaxies
After he learns more about their past however, he changes his mind and instead tries to protect them from the rival demon faction trying to kill her.

Source: Declaration of Protection
Coalition faction leader Hayne in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Legacy" seems to adopt this general philosophy, as he repeatedly states that he and his violent gang are just "keeping the peace" on Turkana IV in their picket-sniping against the rival Alliance faction.

Source: Hobbes Was Right

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