Key and Token

Key

Key noun - An explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart.

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Token and key are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Token" instead a noun "Key".

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

Token noun - Something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event.

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Key and token are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Key" instead a noun "Token".

Nearby Word: tokenism

valuable	valuable key	valuable token
special	special key	special token
particular	particular key	particular token
similar	similar key	similar token
Other adjectives: appropriate, fake, free, proper, single, small, white, new, extra, additional, mysterious, last, different, giant.

And by the same token, the key grip's responsibilities often include a lot more than just overseeing the other grips, the crewmembers that set up and move the camera, where the name comes from.

Source: Artifact Title / Live-Action Films
The Second Sky adds Puzzle Mode (default key: F3) which enables similar vision features to the vision token, and also overlays grid lines on the entire field so you can more easily draw diagonal lines or count distances over pits or non-checkerboard floors.

Source: Video Game / Deadly Rooms of Death
Parodied and enforced in the Key & Peele sketch "A Cappella," where the token black member of the otherwise all-white a cappella group treats a second black member joining as if his country was being invaded.

Source: Token Minority aka: Token Black

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