✅ A hunch is a suspicion or guess (I have a hunch that my cat stole some ham from my plate).

✅ An inkling is a vague idea (I didn’t even have an inkling of what he was planning).

✅ Both hunch and inkling refer to incomplete understandings.

✅ A hunch is stronger and has more evidence or prior knowledge to support it than inkling.

✅ A bridge is a structure that allows someone to cross over a river, road, chasm, or similar (The new bridge allows animals to cross the road safely).

✅ A catwalk is a narrow walkway high above the surroundings, usually built to allow access for workers (In the middle of the play, they threw fake snow from the catwalk).

✅ Both bridge and catwalk refer to walkways.

✅ A bridge provides access between the two sides that it connects, whereas a catwalk generally provides access to the space above the surroundings but can also refer to a ramp from a stage that extends into a theater audience.

✅ Heartfelt means that an emotion is felt particularly deeply (heartfelt sympathy).

✅ Fervent means that an emotion is felt in a particularly warm or intense way (She spoke with fervent excitement).

✅ Both of these words can be used to describe strong emotions.

✅ Heartfelt emphasizes the sincerity of the feeling, whereas fervent can sometimes suggest being over-the-top (Her letter demonstrated heartfelt remorse; He reacted with fervent denial).