✅ A vampire is a supernatural creature who sucks people’s blood. However, the word can be used metaphorically to mean a person who preys on other people and extorts them (I hate dealing with the vampires at the insurance company).

✅ A bloodsucker is a real creature who sucks people’s blood, like a mosquito or leech. It can also be used metaphorically to mean someone who takes money or information from other people (Be careful who you trust—there are some real bloodsuckers around).

✅ Vampire and bloodsucker both refer to people who prey on others, especially in order to get money from them, with bloodsucker as the slightly stronger term.

Defend yourself against bloodsuckers with the help of these synonyms.

✅ Stressful describes something that is full of, or causes, anxiety or emotional tension (a stressful day; a stressful interview).

✅ Nerve-racking describes something that is extremely difficult emotionally or something that is particularly irritating (The builders were making a nerve-racking amount of noise).

✅ Stressful and nerve-racking both describe emotionally difficult situations, especially ones that cause anxiety and worry.

✅ Nerve-racking generally suggests feeling intense stress, even more so than stressful does (To me, flying is particularly nerve-racking; We had a stressful journey).

Looking at these synonyms might help you calm down after a nerve-racking day.

✅ Run means to move quickly, especially in order to act quickly or to escape from something (They ran from the house).

✅ Fly means to move quickly, especially in a sudden or unexpected way, or so as to escape from something (Fly before it’s too late!).

✅ Fly and run can both mean to escape and to move fast.

✅ In this context, fly suggests going particularly fast, even faster than run (Her dog was flying across the field!).

Write about someone who ran so fast they were flying with the help of Grammar Coach.