✅ Telling describes something that is effective or striking (a telling analysis of the situation).

✅ Cogent describes something that is incisive or convincing (a cogent point).

✅ Both words refer to things that are effective, particularly due to their incisive or forceful delivery.

✅ Telling can also describe something that is revealing (a telling smile).

✅ Captivated describes having your attention captured and held (a silent, captivated audience).

✅ Spellbound describes being enchanted or fascinated, as if by a spell (I was left spellbound by the beautiful gowns).

✅ Both of these words refer to being fascinated or enchanted by something.

✅ Both also imply being so enchanted that it’s all you can focus on or think about.

✅ 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).