✅ Eat means to consume food (I decided to eat pizza for dinner).

✅ Nosh means to eat, usually between meals (I bought some popcorn for us to nosh during the movie).

✅ Eat is the more general word, and nosh is both informal and more specific.

✅ While nosh is generally a verb, it can be used as a noun, like meal or snack, and suggests a simple and enjoyable meal (We decided to stop for a nosh at that little Greek place).

Describe your favorite snack to nosh on at the movies, with the help of Grammar Coach.

✅ Insistent describes being emphatic and persistent in pondering something or demanding something (He was very insistent that we take the train).

✅ Assertive describes being confident and self-assured, often in a somewhat aggressive way (She was an assertive, self-confident person).

✅ Insistent and assertive can both describe putting your views and demands across in a forceful way (He’s very assertive about how he wants things to go; She was insistent that we buy the ice-cream maker).

✅ However, insistent describes being persistent about one particular thought, view, or demand, and assertive describes a more general personality trait.

Practice being more assertive with these synonyms!

✅ 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.

Show your devotion to words by checking out these synonyms!