Lead and Main

Lead

Lead adjective - Highest in rank or authority.

Usage example: the lead diplomat is responsible for making policy for the entire embassy

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Main and lead are semantically related. in chief topic. In some cases you can use "Main" instead an adjective "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

Main adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

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Lead and main are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lead" instead an adjective "Main".

Nearby Words: mainly, mainline

human	human lead	human main
female	female lead	female main
current	current lead	current main
original	original lead	original main
Other adjectives: single, male, young.

It is lampshaded by the male lead/main villain, also a computer programmer, who first meets Angela during this incident.

Source: Busman's Holiday
AOA Cream has Yuna and Hyejeong as the main and lead vocals, singing majority of "I'm Jelly Baby".

Source: Music / AOA
Vocal Tag Team: Choa and Yuna aka the main and lead vocalists.

Source: Music / AOA

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