✅ Polychromatic means that something has a lot of colors (The polychromatic display was a feast for the senses).
✅ Kaleidoscopic means that something changes color, pattern, and shape in a rhythmic or swirling way (The rainbow window decorations made kaleidoscopic patterns on the wall).
✅ Both of these words can describe things that have many different colors.
✅ However, kaleidoscopic also suggests lots of different moving patterns and shapes.
✅ Fatigue means to make someone weary through mental or physical exertion (Our week-long hike fatigued me greatly).
✅ Exhaust means to drain someone’s strength through exertion (I exhausted myself running around all day).
✅ Both of these words mean to tire someone out.
✅ Fatigue suggests a more persistent or chronic feeling of tiredness than exhaust (Walking up the stairs fatigues me more now after my illness).
✅ Base refers to the bottom part, which usually is a key part of a support structure. Base can also refer to the most fundamental part of something (the base of the mountain; the base of an argument).
✅ Nadir refers to the lowest or deepest point (The nadir of his career came when he lost out on an award).
✅ Both of these words refer to a point from which something grows or rises.
✅ However, nadir suggests a low point and is often negative, whereas base suggests something strong that can be built up from.