✅ Laidback refers to being free from stress and relaxed (I love having lazy, laidback weekends).

✅ Easygoing refers to being calm, relaxed, and not prone to stress or worry (He’s easygoing and such a calming presence).

✅ These words both refer to being relaxed and not stressed.

✅ Laidback suggests being unhurried, and easygoing suggests being difficult to ruffle or stress out.

✅ A drawback is a disadvantage or issue with something (The only drawback is the distance we have to travel).

✅ A hindrance is something that gets in the way of something else (I love my dog, but he can be such a hindrance when I’m doing housework).

✅ Both of these words refer to issues that slow progress or make something difficult.

✅ Drawback usually refers to an undesirable element of something that is overall positive. Hindrance usually refers to something which stops progress or keeps something going ahead as planned (His fame was a real drawback when keeping secrets; The rain was a hindrance to our plans).

✅ Gratitude refers to the quality or feeling of being thankful for something or someone (I felt a lot of gratitude for the kindness of strangers).

✅ Appreciation refers to recognition and thanks for a person’s work or efforts (I showed my appreciation of their hard work by gifting them a new watch).

✅ These words both refer to a feeling of thankfulness towards someone.

✅ Appreciation emphasizes showing someone recognition, whereas gratitude emphasizes your own feelings of thankfulness.