Influence and Point

Influence

Influence noun - The power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly.

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Point and influence are semantically related In some cases you can use "Point" instead the word "Influence" as a noun or a verb.

Point noun - A particular and often important moment in time.

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Influence and point are semantically related in direct topic. Sometimes you can use "Influence" instead the word "Point" as a noun or a verb.

human	human influence	human point
good	good influence	good point
high	high influence	high point
single	single influence	single point
Other adjectives: obvious, strong, actual, real, large, big, huge, little, main, important, key, new, early, major, political, possible, significant, primary, biggest.

person	influence person	point person
power	influence power	point power
direction	influence direction	point direction
men	influence men	point men
Other words: path, music, magic, ending, powers.

Bart Simpson is often this to Milhouse, to the point that one episode focused on Luann forbidding Milhouse from seeing Bart because he's such a bad influence.

Source: Toxic Friend Influence
When Guts is under The Beast's influence, he becomes a danger to everyone around him, even the people he loves — at one point in the manga, he almost rapes Casca while under its influence.

Source: Super-Powered Evil Side
Notes from Underground has few direct adaptations, but it's most famous influence was on Taxi Driver to the point that Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader consider it a Spiritual Adaptation.

Source: Creator / Fyodor Dostoevsky

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