Material and Subject

Material

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

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Subject and material are semantically related In some cases you can use "Subject" instead a noun "Material".

Subject noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).

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Material and subject are semantically related in issue topic. Sometimes you can use "Material" instead a noun "Subject".

live	live material	live subject
human	human material	human subject
good	good material	good subject
special	special material	special subject
Other adjectives: prime, best, similar, related, common, perfect, certain, original, actual, dark, animated, new, experimental, different, recent, previous.

Not only will the material and conclusions have been repeated, refined and summarised in all of the later books on the subject, but later research will have filled in gaps in the work, pointed out errors and highlighted new areas of study.

Source: Mainstream Obscurity
It's much better if the subject is alive so they can avoid all of those pitfalls and generate more genetic material or blood.

Source: Killing for a Tissue Sample
He turns out to be the subject of the blackmail material mobster boss Joe Miletto has.

Source: Film / Date Night

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