Functional
Functional adjective - Being in effective operation.
Powerful and functional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Powerful" instead an adjective "Functional".
Powerful
Powerful adjective - Having great power or influence.
Functional and powerful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Functional" instead an adjective "Powerful".
Both words in one sentence
- The Tau themselves live under an Orwellian regime of racial castes and an all-powerful elite, but at least it's functional and socially and economically stable.
Source: Dystopia Is Hard -
In Auction Kings, the gasoline-powered blender is fully functional, but also has no reason to be that powerful.
Source: Tim Taylor Technology - It's so powerful that a partially-functional prototype is able to knock every ship in Stormhome out of the sky.
Source: Literature / Heirs of Ash
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