✅ Hustle means to work energetically and suggests a rapid pace (She hustled to meet her deadline).

✅ Bustle means to move around in a way that suggests energy or activity (He bustled around the kitchen).

✅ Hustle and bustle are similar words with similar meanings.

✅ Hustle specifically suggests working at a quick pace, whereas bustle suggests moving energetically, whether you’re being productive or not (just bustling along).

✅ Crotchety describes someone who is both grouchy and given to odd whims (a rich, crotchety old man).

✅ Ornery describes someone who is stubborn or who is unpleasant to be around (an ornery customer who always complained).

✅ Both crotchety and ornery describe stubborn and unpleasant people.

✅ However, crotchety suggests an element of eccentricity that ornery does not (She was crotchety and wanted everything done a certain way).

✅ Brash describes someone who is tactless and impertinent and can come across as rude (a brash young person; a brash reply to her text).

✅ Cheeky describes someone who is playfully disrespectful and bold (a cheeky toddler; a cheeky compliment).

✅ Brash and cheeky both describe being impertinent, and both these qualities can seem like rudeness.

✅ Brash is a more negative term, whereas cheeky is more neutral or positive.