Represent and Suggest

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Represent verb - To point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group.

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Suggest is a synonym for represent in depict topic. In some cases you can use "Suggest" instead a verb "Represent".

Suggest verb - To convey an idea indirectly.

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Represent is a synonym for suggest in imply topic. Sometimes you can use "Represent" instead a verb "Suggest".

love	represent love	suggest love
person	represent person	suggest person
character	represent character	suggest character
power	represent power	suggest power
Other words: people, kind, idea, nature, sort, death, way, world, side, threat, version, ideas.

Critics suggest that Ford considered Pawley to represent America's future, being multi-cultural (part Cherokee), protective and less masculine than Wayne, and this is the positive kernel in the overall Bittersweet Ending.

Source: Film / The Searchers
Additionally, Drachma is the counterpart to Russia, Xerxes seems to represent a mix of ancient European and Near-East civilizations, most predominately Greece, Persia, and maybe Rome, and the Japanese-exclusive Brotherhood/Mangaverse games seems to suggest that Aerugo is FMA's version of Italy.

Source: Fantasy Counterpart Culture
While these people do help the audience understand what's going on with their songs (thus doing their job as a chorus), there's nothing in the script to suggest that they actually do anything related to the trades of the bit characters they supposedly represent.

Source: The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything

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