Key and Notable

Key

Key adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

Usage example: maintains that Sir Isaac Newton remains the key figure in physical science

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Notable and key are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Notable" instead an adjective "Key".

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

Notable adjective - Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement.

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Key and notable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Key" instead an adjective "Notable".

Nearby Words: noted, notably, notability, noting

public	public key	public notable
down	down key	down notable
standard	standard key	standard notable
relative	relative key	relative notable
Other adjectives: single, small, real, big, secret, major, minor, yellow, last, giant, fifth.

Kinetic Novel: Key Visual Arts is notable for lending the name to the term for non-interactive novels, but has since then been used to describe novels of a similar nature.

Source: Creator / Key/Visual Arts
One of her more notable achievements is finding a key that was destroyed earlier.

Source: Wiki / The Shipof Fools
Meanwhile, some key people from the military have defected while some notable pirates seen before have allied with the government, each for their own reasons.

Source: Graying Morality

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