Set and Sect

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

Usage example: the younger set is less likely to volunteer for the church's annual rummage sale

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Sect is a synonym for set in group topic. In some cases you can use "Sect" instead a noun "Set", when it comes to topics like clique.

Nearby Words: setup, setting

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

Usage example: one sect of medical researchers holds the minority view that the disease is not caused by that virus

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Set is a synonym for sect in group topic. Sometimes you can use "Set" instead a noun "Sect".

Nearby Words: section, sectarian, sectary

particular	particular set	particular sect
specific	specific set	specific sect
certain	certain set	certain sect
current	current set	current sect
Other adjectives: original, small, powerful, entire, large, wrong, evil, strict, main, new, unique, odd, strange, different.

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