Network and Sect

Network

Network noun - A group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially.

Usage example: being gradually introduced to the network of African-American business leaders in the city

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Sect and network are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sect" instead a noun "Network".

Nearby Words: networked, networking

Sect noun - A group of people acting together within a larger group.

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Network and sect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Network" instead a noun "Sect".

Nearby Words: section, sectarian, sectary

original	original network	original sect
small	small network	small sect
powerful	powerful network	powerful sect
entire	entire network	entire sect
Other adjectives: large, main, secret, ancient, new, defunct, military, different, local, largest.

In the New Jedi Order, the goddess Yun-Harla is a trickster venerated by the Yuuzhan Vong and is one of their premier deities (to the point that most of the Vong's intelligence network is actually overseen by her priests, the deception sect).

Source: The Trickster
The otherwise forgettable UFO Aftermath sees Earth under attack from a nutso sect of aliens who try to engulf the planet's surface in a single brain network, believing that a world-sized mind would be a higher being.

Source: Deus Est Machina
It is told from the perspective of Takeo, a young man in whose veins flow the blood of two profoundly different groups: the pacifistic Japanese Christian sect known as the Hidden, and the Tribe, a secret network of supernatural assassins.

Source: Literature / Tales of the Otori

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