Heavy
Heavy adjective - Having great power or influence.
Usage example: she's not among the handful of heavy critics who can make or break a Broadway show
Influential and heavy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Influential" instead an adjective "Heavy".
Influential
Influential adjective - Having great power or influence.
Usage example: a particularly influential politician got the team a new ballpark
Heavy and influential are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heavy" instead an adjective "Influential".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Even after they changed to pure heavy metal elements of emo were still clearly influential on their sound.
Source: Music / Avenged Sevenfold - Venom (Actually a heavy/speed metal band, but extremely influential to the genre)
Source: Thrash Metal -
Dave Lombardo of Slayer is widely considered one of the most influential drummers in heavy metal, especially in popularizing double kick drums.
Source: Lead Drummer
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