✅ Love is a deeply tender, passionate affection for another person. It can also be a strong predilection, enthusiasm, or liking for something (Their love was so deep, it changed them; He had a love of books).

✅ Devotion is an intense love and steadfast, enduring loyalty to a person; it may also imply consecration to a cause (She showed her devotion to her parents by visiting every weekend; Their devotion to the civil rights movement was commendable).

✅ Love is used more broadly than devotion, and refers to a feeling that can exist without effort, while devotion typically indicates earnest dedication.

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✅ Adventurous describes someone who likes to go on adventures, or something that requires courage to undertake or is risky (Paragliding is a bit too adventurous for me).

✅ Audacious describes someone or something that is extremely bold or brave, or that is original and inventive (He had an audacious sense of style).

✅ Adventurous and audacious both describe things that are risky or bold. Both words, when describing a person, suggest reckless bravery.

✅ Adventurous particularly emphasizes excitement, whereas audacious emphasizes being fearless (He was adventurous with his cooking even when he had guests; She sent an audacious email to the CEO, and got hired).

Be audacious with your word choices with the help of these synonyms!

✅ Intuitive describes someone who can understand or identify something without going through a rational thought process: they perceive through their gut feelings (She was very intuitive, and easily anticipated what I wanted).

✅ Perceptive describes someone who understands things easily and keenly, often through their senses (They were perceptive and always picked up on the subtleties of an argument).

✅ Intuitive and perceptive both refer to people who are insightful. Intuitive emphasizes instinctive knowledge, whereas perceptive instead centers rational understanding (Despite a limited background, he had an intuitive grasp of the topic; The teacher was impressed by her perceptive questions).

✅ Perceptive can also be used to describe having a sympathetic understanding of other people’s emotions (The therapist was perceptive enough to know how his body language might make clients feel).

Describe a perceptive person you know with the help of Grammar Coach.