✅ An activity is a specific pursuit, pastime, or occupation (I like to see what activities are going on in my neighborhood).

✅ An endeavor is an attempt at doing something, especially an attempt that took a lot of effort (Our marshmallow-pizza endeavor was a surprising success).

✅ Activity is a more general term, and often refers to a short-term event (I did an afternoon activity with my kids).

✅ Endeavor refers to a more long-term or effortful event, and suggests an expectation that it might fail (Trying to walk carrying a coffee cup and not spill it is a doomed endeavor).

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✅ Complain means to express unhappiness or discontent with something (I hate to complain, but the lunch options are awful).

✅ Gripe means to grumble constantly or nag about something (He griped about the service at the café) .

✅ Complain and gripe both can mean to express unhappiness repeatedly or unnecessarily (We won’t take you again if you gripe all the time; She complained for the entire journey).

✅ While complain is more general, gripe has negative connotations, and suggests complaining in a repeated, nasty, or unnecessary way.

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✅ Shine means to give out light, or to reflect light in a particularly bright way (The polished sword shone in the candlelight).

✅ Gleam also means to give out or reflect light, but especially in a subdued way (The lanterns gleamed in the dark).

✅ Shine suggests a bright or glittery light (The headlights shine too brightly). Gleam suggests a dimmer or more subdued light (His eyes gleamed).

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