✅ A parade is a large public procession, often including a marching band and usually held to celebrate an event, anniversary, or similar (We watched the parade from the window).

✅ A cavalcade is any procession, but generally refers to a procession of cars or people on horseback (A cavalcade of motorcycles came through town).

✅ Parade suggests a fun, celebratory event. A cavalcade is not necessarily an event and can refer to any type of procession.

✅ A stew is a mix of meat and vegetables or sometimes other foods cooked by simmering (I made a thick, hearty stew for dinner).

✅ A pottage is a thick vegetable soup, which might or might not have meat in it (Medieval chefs had many recipes for pottage).

✅ Stew and pottage are similar dishes: both are thick and cooked by simmering.

✅ A stew is generally chunky, while a pottage is more on the liquidy end of the soup spectrum.

✅ Potato refers to an edible tuber. The word can also refer to a sweet potato (The humble potato is a versatile ingredient).

✅ Spud is an informal term for potato, but the word can also refer to a variety of different tools (The spuds were overcooked).

✅ Potato and spud are often interchangeable, with potato being the common term and spud being a more informal one.

✅ However, a spud is also a surgical instrument that can be used to remove wax from ears!