Item and Ingredient

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Item noun - A separate part in a list, account, or series.

Usage example: she got all the items on her grocery list except cereal

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Ingredient is a synonym for item in goods topic. In some cases you can use "Ingredient" instead a noun "Item", when it comes to topics like element.

Nearby Words: itemize, itemise, itemised

Ingredient noun - One of the parts that make up a whole.

Usage example: one of the ingredients in the salad dressing is sugar

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Item is a synonym for ingredient in part topic. You can use "Item" instead a noun "Ingredient", if it concerns topics such as goods, component.

valuable	valuable item	valuable ingredient
rare	rare item	rare ingredient
special	special item	special ingredient
particular	particular item	particular ingredient
Other adjectives: common, specific, certain, single, actual, wrong, main, important, secret, necessary, essential, required, key, new, unique, final, extra, random, next, last, available, magical.

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