✅ Supply refers to a quantity of something that is available or provided for use (We have a good supply of water for the hike).
✅ Cache refers to a hidden or stored collection of items, often for future use (They found a secret cache of food in the cabin).
✅ Both terms relate to having a stock of items available.
✅ Supply suggests a resource that is readily available and accessible, while cache has an element of secrecy or reservation (We have a steady supply of pencils in the office; The squirrels have a cache of nuts for winter).
✅ A ghost refers to the spirit of a dead person that is thought to appear to the living (They say the old house is haunted by a ghost).
✅ An apparition refers to a supernatural or ghostly figure that suddenly appears, often unexpectedly (An apparition of a woman in white appeared in the mist).
✅ Both words describe ghostly or spectral figures.
✅ Ghost is more common in everyday language, while apparition has a more formal or eerie tone (The ghost haunted the castle; The mysterious apparition vanished before their eyes).
✅ Pitiful describes something that inspires pity, often due to weakness or poor condition (The pitiful dog limped down the street).
✅ Abject means extremely bad, hopeless, or miserable (The refugees lived in abject poverty).
✅ Both words describe situations or conditions that evoke sympathy or sorrow.
✅ Pitiful is more common and less intense, while abject often describes extreme conditions of misery (The pitiful performance was hard to watch; His abject failure was devastating).