✅ Rich means that you have wealth, possessions, and resources (This part of town has many rich residents).
✅ Flush means that you have a lot of money, possibly obtained all at once (I won the lottery, and now I'm flush).
✅ Rich suggests a consistent state of having money, whereas flush suggests a more temporary state (My rich friends go to theme parks every weekend; I felt flush when I got paid).
✅ A ghost is a disembodied soul of a dead person, which is said to haunt living people (The ghost roamed the halls of the castle).
✅ A specter is a visible and disembodied spirit, especially a terrifying one (The specter lifted one skeletal hand toward me).
✅ Ghost is the most general term and can refer to a visible or invisible spirit and to a friendly or scary one. A specter is usually both visible and scary.
✅ Specter can also refer to the presence or possibility of something that causes dread or terror more generally (The specter of war is scarier than any ghoul or ghost).
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✅ Friendship refers to a friendly relationship (This necklace is a symbol of our friendship).
✅ Amity refers to friendship and peaceful harmony (There had been a long history of amity between the two nations).
✅ Friendship emphasizes the intimacy and closeness of a bond between people or groups of people (I treasure our friendship), while amity emphasizes a peaceful and warm relationship (It's important to work towards amity).
✅ Amity is a more formal word than friendship.