✅ Exuberance refers to a state of being extremely enthusiastic (His exuberance about small things made him fun to be around).

✅ Ebullience refers to a state of high spirits and exhilaration (Her ebullience was lovely to see).

✅ Exuberance and ebullience refer to similar kinds of emotion.

✅ Exuberance particularly suggests a lack of reserve along with a lot of enthusiasm (Her exuberance was charming, even when she said something tactless), whereas ebullience suggests excitement and high spirits (After the award ceremony, the room was filled with a sense of ebullience).

✅ Courageous describes being brave (The courageous puppy stared down a lizard the size of my thumb).

✅ Lionhearted describes being especially brave or particularly courageous (The usually lionhearted knight was nervous on the morning of the competition).

✅ Courageous and lionhearted have similar meanings, but lionhearted has a stronger, more intense meaning.

✅ Lionhearted is a very evocative word that is often used for literary or dramatic effect, whereas courageous is a little more everyday (It’s courageous of you to go skydiving; We need a lionhearted person to help us defeat the evil wizard).

✅ A mishmash is a confused mess of different things (The dish was a mishmash of whatever I had in the refrigerator).

✅ An olio is a mixture of different elements (The quaint shop sold an olio of curated items).

✅ While mishmash and olio both refer to mixtures made up of different elements, mishmash is often a negative term suggesting confusion and disorganization (Her decor was really a mishmash).

✅ Olio is more neutral and suggests an organized mix that has variety (Their library was a delightful olio).