✅ Complain means to express unhappiness or discontent with something (I hate to complain, but the lunch options are awful).

✅ Gripe means to grumble constantly or nag about something (He griped about the service at the café) .

✅ Complain and gripe both can mean to express unhappiness repeatedly or unnecessarily (We won’t take you again if you gripe all the time; She complained for the entire journey).

✅ While complain is more general, gripe has negative connotations, and suggests complaining in a repeated, nasty, or unnecessary way.

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✅ Shine means to give out light, or to reflect light in a particularly bright way (The polished sword shone in the candlelight).

✅ Gleam also means to give out or reflect light, but especially in a subdued way (The lanterns gleamed in the dark).

✅ Shine suggests a bright or glittery light (The headlights shine too brightly). Gleam suggests a dimmer or more subdued light (His eyes gleamed).

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✅ Strength refers to mental or physical power, or mental courage (The competition is a real test of strength).

✅ Fortitude refers to mental and emotional strength when facing difficult circumstances (Climbing Denali takes a lot of fortitude).

✅ Strength and fortitude both refer to having mental and emotional firmness, courage, or resilience (It takes a lot of strength to get through hard times).

✅ Strength is more general, whereas fortitude specifically suggests facing, or having faced, difficult situations (She showed fortitude in the face of poverty).

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