✅ Combative describes someone who is ready and willing to fight or argue, or someone who tries to start fights or arguments (I was feeling mean and combative).

✅ Pugnacious also describes someone who is willing to fight or who is argumentative (We banned the pugnacious customer).

✅ Combative and pugnacious can be used interchangeably for the most part.

✅ However, pugnacious is a much less common word, and often sounds old-fashioned (Honestly, he was being purely pugnacious!).

Describe writing a peace treaty with a pugnacious alien with the help of Grammar Coach.

✅ Cranky describes being cross, grumpy, or grouchy (The cat is always cranky when it’s cold outside).

✅ Quarrelsome describes being argumentative, especially over small or inconsequential things (The customer was being quarrelsome with their server).

✅ Many people are quarrelsome when they feel cranky, and you might call a person cranky because they’re quarrelsome.

✅ Cranky describes a specific mood: you can feel cranky without other people knowing it (I felt cranky, but everyone said I seemed like I was in a good mood). Quarrelsome describes a kind of behavior (He's more quarrelsome when he's around his family than he is around his friends).

Write about a quarrelsome person with the help of Grammar Coach.

✅ Eager describes waiting for something in an excited or impatient way (I was eager to get started on the project).

✅ Impatient describes not being patient, or not calmly accepting a delay (She was impatient with the waitstaff).

✅ If you’re impatient to get started on something, it means you don’t want to wait and are frustrated by the wait. If you’re eager to get started, that means you’re interested in and excited by what you’re waiting for.

✅ Impatient emphasizes the delay (He was impatient for the appointment to be over), whereas eager emphasizes what will happen after the delay (I’m eager to have this meeting over with). You can also be eager for something difficult or negative to happen, so that you can deal with it and move on.

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