Factor and Sort

Factor

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

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Sort and factor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sort" instead a noun "Factor".

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

Sort noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.

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Factor and sort are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Factor" instead a noun "Sort".

Nearby Words: sorted, sorting, sorter

human	human factor	human sort
good	good factor	good sort
high	high factor	high sort
common	common factor	common sort
Other adjectives: natural, mild, powerful, actual, real, big, cute, new, minor, creepy.

The other three just sort of pop out unexpectedly, which is admittedly part of their scary factor.

Source: Video Game / The Cat Lady
Another man eating plant has a sort of healing factor in that it gains health from being hit by electrical attacks (the Shambling Mound).

Source: Healing Factor
Granted, all this probably adds more to the creepy factor, rather than taking away from it, but, for what it's worth, the issue is sort of discussed... just not from a modern point of view.

Source: Wife Husbandry

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