✅ Impress means to affect someone’s feelings or influence their opinion on you (She impressed us as a hard worker).

✅ Buffalo means to impress with a display of power or to intimidate someone (I can’t be buffaloed by shows of wealth).

✅ Impress can refer to influencing someone in a variety of ways (Their talent impressed us into funding the team for another year), whereas buffalo usually refers to influencing someone through intimidation and is more informal (I was buffaloed into backing out of the fight).

✅ Warm describes someone or something ready with their affection, love, kindness, generosity, and similar feelings (She was a warm and attentive hostess).

✅ Loving describes someone or something readily affectionate, fond, and caring, particularly in a way that suggests romantic or familial love (I grew up in a loving home).

✅ Warm is more general and suggests being friendly and open with positive emotions like fondness and kindness (He tried hard to be warm and kind to people).

✅ Loving describes a person who is openly fond and caring about their family, friends, and loved ones (a loving grandparent).

✅ Sanctuary refers to a place of safety and refuge (The library is my sanctuary from bullies).

✅ This meaning of the word sanctuary comes from the term for a sacred place which people could seek refuge in and tends to refer to gaining immunity from arrest (I sought sanctuary after being falsely accused).

✅ Haven refers to a place of shelter and safety (The soft, calming colors make this space a haven for stressed students).

✅ This meaning of the word haven comes from the term for a port or harbor and is often used in similar contexts (We sought a safe haven from the storm).