Material vs. Substance

Materialadjective

Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.

Materialadjective

Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.

Materialadjective

Significant.

Materialnoun

Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.

Materialnoun

Text written for a specific purpose.

Materialnoun

A sample or specimens for study.

Materialnoun

Cloth to be made into a garment.

Materialnoun

The people collectively who are qualified for a certain position or activity.

Materialnoun

Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.

Materialnoun

The substance that something is made or composed of.

Materialverb

To form from matter; to materialize.

Materialadjective

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

Materialadjective

Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts; as, material well-being; material comforts.

Materialadjective

Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of consequence; not be dispensed with; important; significant.

Materialadjective

Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.

Materialnoun

The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.

Materialverb

To form from matter; to materialize.

Materialnoun

the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object;

Materialnoun

information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form;

Materialnoun

things needed for doing or making something;

Materialnoun

artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers;

Materialnoun

a person judged suitable for admission or employment;

Materialadjective

concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests;

Materialadjective

derived from or composed of matter;

Materialadjective

directly relevant to a matter especially a law case;

Materialadjective

concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being;

Materialadjective

having material or physical form or substance;

Materialadjective

having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary;

Material

A material is a substance or mixture of substances that constitutes an object. Materials can be pure or impure, living or non-living matter.

Substancenoun

Physical matter; material.

Substancenoun

The essential part of anything; the most vital part.

Substancenoun

Substantiality; solidity; firmness.

Substancenoun

Material possessions; estate; property; resources.

Substancenoun

A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.

Substancenoun

Drugs illegal narcotics

Substancenoun

(theology) Hypostasis.

Substanceverb

To give substance to; to make real or substantial.

Substancenoun

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes anything what it is; real or existing essence.

Substancenoun

The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport.

Substancenoun

Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little substance.

Substancenoun

Material possessions; estate; property; resources.

Substancenoun

Same as Hypostasis, 2.

Substanceverb

To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich.

Substancenoun

that which has mass and occupies space;

Substancenoun

the stuff of which an object consists

Substancenoun

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

Substancenoun

the idea that is intended;

Substancenoun

considerable capital (wealth or income);

Substancenoun

what a communication that is about something is about