applicant vs material

material vs applicant

applicant and material both are nouns.

applicant is not an adjective while material is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
applicant	Yes	No	No	No
material	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, material is a hyponym of applicant; that is, material is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than applicant:

applicant: a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
material: a person judged suitable for admission or employment

Other hyponyms of applicant include aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee, bidder, claimant, job candidate, petitioner, requester, suppliant, supplicant, possible, probable, submitter.

applicant (noun)	material (noun)
a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
	things needed for doing or making something
	information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form
	a person judged suitable for admission or employment
	the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

applicant (adjective)	material (adjective)
	derived from or composed of matter
	directly relevant to a matter especially a law case
	having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
	having material or physical form or substance
	concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being
	concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

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