✅ Budding describes something that is in an early stage of development, but shows a lot of promise or potential (a budding genius).

✅ Burgeoning describes something that is growing or developing, especially something that is growing quickly (a burgeoning economy).

✅ Budding and burgeoning both describe something in an early stage, before or at the very start of an expected large or sudden growth, as in a plant that is putting forth buds.

✅ Burgeoning can also describe a plant showing growth or development beyond the budding stage (the burgeoning wisteria in the front garden; the budding roses).

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✅ Vocabulary and lexicon both can refer to the words of a language or to a specific set of words within a language used by a given person or group (The lexicon that physicists use is gibberish to a lot of people; People from different states might have huge differences in their vocabulary).

✅ While vocabulary can refer to the set of words in a language that you are familiar with (My German vocabulary is very limited), lexicon isn’t used in this way.

✅ Lexicon, a more formal word, can refer to the words of a certain field, a social class, or an individual person (Scientists made a study of her lexicon). It can also refer to a dictionary of words that you can learn a language from.

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✅ Complete describes something whole, which isn’t missing any part or element (a complete examination; a complete set).

✅ Exhaustive describes something that is comprehensive and thorough (an exhaustive list).

✅ Complete and exhaustive both describe things that go into every aspect of something (a complete overhaul; an exhaustive study).

✅ Exhaustive suggests something even more complete than complete does! Exhaustive suggests going beyond to a higher level of detail or thoroughness.

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