Material
Material noun - The basic elements from which something can be developed.
Raw materials and material are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Raw materials" instead a noun "Material".
Raw materials
Material and raw materials are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Material" instead a noun phrase "Raw materials".
Both terms in one sentence
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For example, Mehitak's people do not eat any material that could be considered organic, and instead are able to eat raw materials such as steel.
Source: Anime / Heroic Age - High material requirements (raw materials which are rare or expensive to obtain; complex and time-consuming material refinement processes)
Source: New Tech Is Not Cheap - Fabricate's material component is the raw materials to craft something, so you can create anything whose raw materials cost less than 1 gp out of thin air.
Source: Game Breaker / Tabletop RPG
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