✅ Downpour refers to a sudden and heavy burst of rain that often comes without warning (Our clothes were soaked after we got caught in a downpour on our walk home).

✅ Deluge means a massive and overwhelming amount of rain, often causing flooding or widespread water damage (Because of the storm, the town experienced a deluge that turned streets into rivers).

✅ Both terms describe intense rain.

✅ Downpour usually implies a shorter, more sudden rainfall, while deluge suggests a longer, more intense event, often with the potential for destruction (I'm glad the downpour ended quickly because I didn't have an umbrella; The deluge left the neighborhood flooded for days).

✅ Joyful means full of happiness and delight (During the family dinner, the joyful sound of laughter filled the room).

✅ Jocund refers to a cheerful and lighthearted mood, often in a playful or lively way (The teacher's jocund personality made school days more fun).

✅ Both words describe states of happiness.

✅ Joyful is a more common and straightforward term for happiness, while jocund is often used in literary or old-fashioned contexts to describe lighthearted gatherings (She was joyful after learning she made the basketball team; Everyone was singing and dancing at the jocund holiday party).

✅ To saddle means to burden or weigh down with a responsibility or task (After the layoffs, my team was saddled with more work).

✅ To encumber means to hinder or impede, usually by creating a burden (I didn't want to encumber my friends with my problems, so I kept the details to myself).

✅ Both words involve the idea of being burdened.

✅ Saddle implies giving someone a specific responsibility, while encumber is more about creating obstacles to movement or action (While his siblings were at camp, he was saddled with extra chores around the house; New regulations have encumbered the small business, making it difficult to open a new location).