✅ Spot means to detect something or someone through sight, especially in difficult conditions (I spotted my favorite shirt in the back of the closet).

✅ Espy means to catch sight of something or someone, especially at a distance (The captain had espied an enemy ship).

✅ Spot suggests locating or catching someone (I spotted my friend in the crowd).

✅ Espy is a pretty rare word that suggests seeing something at such a distance that it makes it hard to see (I thought I espied the glimmer of a river in the distance).

✅ Blithe means thoughtless or careless (He had a blithe attitude toward other people’s belongings).

✅ Carefree means without worry or anxiety (I felt so carefree on my vacation).

✅ Blithe has a more negative connotation than carefree because it suggests being unthinking or careless toward others, rather than lacking anxieties.

✅ Blithe can also mean having a cheerful disposition, which may also suggest a lack of anxieties (His blithe approach to life cheered us all up).

✅ A storm is a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, or a period of thunder and lightning, often with strong wind (The storm was gathering on the horizon).

✅ A cloudburst is a sudden and very heavy rainfall (We drove through a cloudburst).

✅ A storm and a cloudburst can both involve extremely heavy rain.

✅ However, a storm is often more than just heavy rain, and a storm often starts more slowly.