Messenger and Signal

Messenger

Messenger noun - One that carries a message or does an errand.

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Signal and messenger are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Signal" instead a noun "Messenger".

Signal noun - An object intended to give public notice or warning.

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Messenger and signal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Messenger" instead a noun "Signal".

common	common messenger	common signal
standard	standard messenger	standard signal
original	original messenger	original signal
real	real messenger	real signal
Other adjectives: wrong, secret, military, mysterious, random, odd, unknown, titular, strange, naval.

When this happens, it's almost always an Evil Overlord who wants to signal his armies to attack and can't be satisfied with a messenger on horseback.

Source: Epic Hail
The arrival of the messenger turns out to mean the destruction of the village, since it was a signal to a mercenary secretly embedded there for that purpose.

Source: Literature / Eddie LaCrosse
When Hanji is informed that Sawney & Bean are dead, the messenger screws up and initially says that, "somebody has stolen the Philosopher's Stone." Armin sees a black signal flare during Operation Space Rainbow and he thinks that it marks the return of Voldemort.

Source: Web Video / A Slap On Titan

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