Material and Particulate

Material noun - The basic elements from which something can be developed.

Particulate and material are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Particulate" with "Material", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: materialize, materialise, materialization, materiality, materialistic

Particulate noun - A small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant).

Material and particulate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Material" instead a noun "Particulate".