✅ Poetry is a form of writing that follows a particular rhythmic or metrical form (a book of poetry).

✅ Verse is writing that follows a metrical form and can refer to a whole poem or part of a poem (I could only remember some scraps of verse).

✅ Both poetry and verse can refer to a piece of metrical writing, whether it rhymes or not.

✅ However, verse can sometimes be used to suggest that a piece of poetry has no artistic merit, and sometimes a piece of poetry might not involve metrical forms and so wouldn’t be called verse (trite verse; a statement that was like poetry).

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✅ Inescapable describes something that can’t be escaped or avoided (an inescapable consequence).

✅ Inevitable describes something that is certain to happen and so can’t be avoided (When you see the puppy frolic, joy is inevitable).

✅ Both of these terms refer to things that you can’t get away from because they’re sure to happen.

✅ Inescapable is used to refer to unavoidable things, whereas inevitable refers to unavoidable events (My feelings were inescapable; An argument was inevitable).

✅ Wasteful describes something that is done in a way that causes waste, particularly of money, time, or materials (wasteful manufacturing methods).

✅ Careless describes something that is done without paying proper attention or taking care (a careless approach to chores).

✅ Careless and wasteful don’t mean exactly the same thing, but something done in a careless way often wastes resources or time (She was wasteful because she was careless about what groceries she purchased).

✅ Wasteful also often suggests that if you were more careful, you might waste less (He was careless and had to buy a new sweater after shrinking the first one, which was wasteful).