✅ Amazing and fascinating can both describe things that are interesting and cool (a fascinating invention; an amazing new album).

✅ Amazing describes something that causes wonder or surprise, or something excellent or fantastic (What an amazing view!).

✅ Fascinating describes something that is particularly interesting, charming, or captivating (a fascinating lecturer).

✅ Amazing focuses on a sense of spectacle, whereas fascinating focuses on the idea that the thing described piqued your interest or curiosity (The concert was amazing; The class was fascinating).

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✅ Help means to give aid to someone, assist them, or make something easier for them (I asked them to help me with moving).

✅ Alleviate means to make something easier to bear, lessen something, or mitigate it (Everyone’s support alleviated my sadness).

✅ Help is more general, and can mean to make something easier for someone to bear, or contribute to lessening their pain (The new tablets really helped my migraines)

✅ Alleviate focuses more on the idea of healing, fixing or changing something, either fully or partially, in a way that makes someone feel better or makes something easier for them (We decided to alleviate her burden by bringing her food for the week).

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✅ Dreadful describes something that is extremely and particularly bad (a dreadful cup of coffee).

✅ Bad can describe something that is of poor quality or inadequate, or it can describe a person or thing that is evil or wicked. Dreadful can be used to suggest a stronger sense of wickedness or inadequacy (A bad witch; a dreadful villain).

✅ Dreadful can mean that something is ugly, or particularly unpleasant. Bad can mean unpleasant, but doesn’t usually suggest ugliness (We’re having such bad weather; What a dreadful hat).

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