Material and Text

Material

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

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Text and material are semantically related. in written matter topic. In some cases you can use "Text" instead a noun "Material".

Text noun - A book used for instruction in a subject.

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Material and text are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Material" instead a noun "Text".

Nearby Word: textual

pure	pure material	pure text
special	special material	special text
similar	similar material	similar text
normal	normal material	normal text
Other adjectives: original, actual, little, bad, new, additional, official, basic, different, written, manual, printed.

The problem comes in that some card effects that depend on Fusion material monsters only work for monsters that are specifically named, which the Japanese text does not do while the English does.

Source: Tabletop Game / Yu-Gi-Oh!
In "His Last Vow", a computer text version of all Charles Augustus Magnussen's blackmail material appears onscreen whenever the audience is seeing his point of view.

Source: Stat-O-Vision
A version of a written text, more often than not a collection of previously released material, that contains notes from the author (or someone else with insight into the work) in footnotes or sidebars.

Source: The Annotated Edition

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Text and Material. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/material/text

Material & Text. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/material/text>.

Text or Material. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/material/text.

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