✅ Spoil means to harm or damage someone through unwise treatment, especially through indulging them too much (They spoiled their grandkids).

✅ Cosset means to pamper or coddle, especially in the sense of treating someone or something like a pet (She cosseted her little sister).

✅ Spoil and cosset mean similar but distinct things. They both suggest overindulging a person or pet.

✅ However, spoil suggests being overly indulgent of someone’s wants and desires, whereas cosset suggests indulging them regardless of their own desires (You’ll spoil that child if you don’t let them try to solve their own problems; He had a tendency to cosset his best customers).

Write about an animal you might cosset if you had the chance with the help of Grammar Coach.

✅ Recalcitrant means not obedient or compliant, or resisting authority or control (a recalcitrant teenager who broke the rules on purpose).

✅ Fractious means unruly and hard to manage or control (a fractious group of bullies).

✅ Fractious and recalcitrant have similar meanings. Both of them describe things that are hard to manage or disobedient.

✅ However, fractious emphasizes unruliness, whereas recalcitrant emphasizes a lack of obedience or respect for authority.

Describe a fractious debate with the help of these synonyms.

✅ Gruff describes a rough and grumpy manner (She gave a gruff reply to his question).

✅ Brusque describes an abrupt or rough manner (The manager was particularly brusque today).

✅ Gruff and brusque have similar meanings.

✅ However, gruff emphasizes a grumpy or surly attitude, whereas brusque emphasizes bluntness.

Write about a brusque teacher with the help of Grammar Coach.