Influence and Role

Influence

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

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Role and influence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Role" instead a noun "Influence".

Role noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.

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Influence and role are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Influence" instead a noun "Role".

good	good influence	good role
direct	direct influence	direct role
single	single influence	single role
actual	actual influence	actual role
Other adjectives: real, large, big, increased, huge, evil, little, bad, main, important, key, new, early, major, significant, greater, primary, biggest.

Anna Leonowens (the "I" in The King and I) exaggerated her role and influence at the court of the king of Siam, though not to the extremes her erstwhile "biographers" did in the works based on her own.

Source: Self-Insert Fic
While this originally more or less amounted to the role of a court jester who performs parlor tricks for nobles, she managed to make it into a role of influence.

Source: Court Mage
His power and influence rival Barclay's, and he has a much more direct and significant role in the story.

Source: Video Game / Stronghold

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