Official
Official noun - A person who holds a public office.
Party member and official are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Party member" instead a noun "Official".
Party member
Official and party member are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Official" instead a noun phrase "Party member".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Next, you have the Big Bad himself in disguise as a young boy, although at least he isn't an official party member.
Source: The Mole / Video Games - She was immensely popular, and in the PS2 remake is an optional but official party member with a revamped moveset.
Source: Ascended Glitch - The overwhelming majority of the grand coalition, the introduction of emergency laws (Notstandsgesetze) and his past as a Nazi party member (he joined the party in 1933 and made a career as an official in the foreign ministry) made him the target of the rage of the emerging student movement.
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