✅ A pattern is a decorative design that might appear on wallpaper, housewares, or anything on which a design could be replicated (I bought it because of the vintage pattern).

✅ An arrangement is a set of things that have been arranged or put into a specific order or position (an arrangement of colors or shapes).

✅ A pattern is an arrangement of motifs or elements, and an arrangement can form a pattern or design.

✅ A pattern can also be a consistent arrangement of traits, ideas, or choices (His life followed the usual pattern; She deviated from the pattern of teenage behaviors).

✅ Obscure means to conceal something or make it dark or dim (The low light obscured their faces; She worked hard to obscure her motives).

✅ Eclipse means to hide one thing with something else, such as during a solar eclipse, or to make something seem dim by comparison (The violinist eclipsed everyone’s performance; The moon eclipsed the sun).

✅ Both of these terms mean to conceal something or to make something else seem less bright.

✅ Nurse means to look after someone carefully (I nursed my friend through their illness).

✅ Attend means to take care of and devote yourself to someone (The doctor attended her every day).

✅ Both of these words mean to take care of someone, but they can also mean to look after something, like your health or your finances (I carefully nursed my savings; I attended my own boundaries).