✅ A book is a work of fiction or nonfiction in printed or electronic form (I spent my weekend reading a new book).

✅ A codex is a set of pages stitched together or a volume of a manuscript. When referred to with the word codex, this manuscript is usually of an ancient or biblical text (He searched through the codex to find the first use of a word).

✅ A codex is a kind of book. Codex generally refers to the earliest books, which replaced other forms of written texts like scrolls and tablets.

✅ Codex is rarely used—but it’s a fun word to know!

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✅ Land and earth both refer to the solid, dry areas on the surface of the planet, but in everyday use they each suggest slightly different things (After a week at sea we arrived on land; The earth around here is red and dusty).

✅ Land generally suggests areas of ground, which have specific purposes or boundaries (She was famous across the land).

✅ Earth generally suggests soil and dirt, separate from rock and sand, and draws attention to the composition of the ground.

✅ Earth also often suggests the planet as a whole ecosystem (Walking barefoot increases your connection to the earth), and is capitalized when referring to the planet as a proper noun (Earth is the third planet from the sun).

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✅ Gloomy describes something hopeless or negative or something that causes a feeling of despair (a gloomy prospect).

✅ Pessimistic refers to having a tendency to expect only negative or bad outcomes (a pessimistic approach to life).

✅ Gloomy and pessimistic both describe people who tend to focus on the negatives of a situation (Her pessimistic outlook led her to avoid new experiences).

✅ Pessimistic is most often used to refer to a personality trait, whereas gloomy is used more to refer to a mood (Recent setbacks meant that he had a gloomy view of the plan).

We hope you’re not feeling pessimistic about these synonyms!