✅ Gratitude refers to the quality or feeling of being thankful for something or someone (I felt a lot of gratitude for the kindness of strangers).
✅ Appreciation refers to recognition and thanks for a person’s work or efforts (I showed my appreciation of their hard work by gifting them a new watch).
✅ These words both refer to a feeling of thankfulness towards someone.
✅ Appreciation emphasizes showing someone recognition, whereas gratitude emphasizes your own feelings of thankfulness.
✅ Mend means to make something that was damaged usable again (She mended the ripped spine of the book).
✅ Repair means to fix something that is broken or unusable (They can repair the broken hinges).
✅ Both of these words mean to take something that you can’t use due to damage or wear and make it usable again.
✅ Repair is usually used to refer to things that need to be fixed, whereas mend is generally used to refer to things that can be made whole again (mend a hole in the roof; repair a broken scooter).
✅ Peachy means that something is excellent or wonderful (It was a peachy place for a picnic).
✅ Dandy means that something is excellent or first-rate (a dandy way to spend an afternoon).
✅ Both of these words are informal or slang terms that mean that something is good or excellent.
✅ They’re also both a little old-fashioned and are often used sarcastically to refer to something bad (That’s just peachy!).