Material
Material adjective - Relating to or composed of matter.
Observational and material are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Observational" instead an adjective "Material".
Observational
Observational adjective - Based on observation or experience.
Usage example: her reports on the great apes were based on firsthand observational evidence
Material and observational are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Material" instead an adjective "Observational".
Both words in one sentence
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The team consisted of two writer performer duos, Rob Newman & David Baddiel (whose material tended to be about up to the minute trendy indie bands) and Stephen Punt & Hugh Dennis (whose material tended towards more mundane observational comedy).
- Unfortunately, played straight later on in the episode, when Krusty reforms his material - plenty of reviewers thought he just came off as a George Carlin knockoff and found his attempts to eke observational humor from the yellow pages to be the real treat of the episode.
Source: Humor Dissonance - Most comedians are trying to invoke this trope a lot of the time, particularly in observational material.
Source: Only Sane Man / Stand-Up Comedy
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Observational or Material. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/material/observational.
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