Instead
Instead adverb - In place of, or as an alternative to.
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Substitute and instead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Substitute" instead a conjunction "Instead".
Substitute
Substitute adjective - Being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials.
Instead and substitute are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Instead" instead a conjunction "Substitute".
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Pascal then spends the first cour using his parental substitute role to try to talk Emilio out of killing his other parental substitute and comforting him in his grief when Delzaine is killed by Ibelda instead.
Source: Parental Substitute -
Instead, he plans to continue selling genuine human blood to high-paying clients who prefer the real thing to the substitute, just as many people prefer the taste of real meat to any substitute.
Source: Film / Daybreakers - Instead, Gond allows an alchemical substitute called "smokepowder" to exist in the hands of his church, so that its use is easily controlled.
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