✅ Show means to exhibit or display something or otherwise cause something to be seen (Let me show you the way to the bathroom; I’m going to show my art at the gallery).
✅ Present means to put on or exhibit something (We will present the new film next week).
✅ Present and show both mean to cause something to be seen, but present suggests a higher level of formality or importance than show.
Let us present to you these other synonyms!
✅ Pretense refers to a false show or demonstration of something (The gift was a pretense of friendship).
✅ Semblance refers to an assumed or unreal appearance (Patting him on the back was only a semblance of sympathy).
✅ Pretense emphasizes falseness and pretending, while semblance suggests giving a certain impression which is generally false or pretend but which may be made in good faith (They tried to maintain a semblance of order).
Write about a time you gave a semblance of respect to someone with the help of Grammar Coach.
✅ To comfort someone means to soothe or console them (I comforted my niece after she fell down).
✅ To hearten someone means to give them courage or confidence (Her presence heartened me).
✅ Comfort and hearten both mean to cheer someone up in some way, but there are key differences.
✅ Comfort focuses on reassuring and sympathizing with someone (They comforted each other with a long hug). Hearten suggests giving someone moral support (Her kind words heartened me after my interview).
Write about something that heartens you on a difficult day with the help of Grammar Coach.