Foil and Target

Foil

Foil noun - A piece of thin and flexible sheet metal.

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Target and foil are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Target" with "Foil", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: foiled, foiling

Target noun - A person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule.

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Foil and target are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foil" instead a noun "Target".

Nearby Words: targeted, targe, targeting

good	good foil	good target
nice	nice foil	nice target
best	best foil	best target
better	better foil	better target
Other adjectives: common, perfect, original, friendly, obvious, big, main, new, frequent, possible, primary, different.

party	foil party	target party
part	foil part	target part
someone	foil someone	target someone
way	foil way	target way
Other words: criminals, enemies, systems.

He is the real target of the Big Bad, the one with the knowledge to foil the evil scheme and supposedly the greatest magician there is.

Source: Video Game / Betrayal at Krondor
And foil has a more complicated priority system than the other two and a much smaller target area, requiring small accurate movements.

Source: Analysis / Pastimes Prove Personality
Enemy units and officers at the target location can detect and foil these missions, but you can counter this by assigning additional agents as decoys.

Source: Video Game / Star Wars: Rebellion

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