✅ Worry means to distress yourself with negative thoughts (I worry about what might happen during my commute).

✅ Fret means to feel or express discontent or a sense of concern or anxiety (I often fret about an upcoming trip).

✅ Worry particularly suggests a mental fixation, whereas fret particularly suggests expressing this fixation with words or actions (He worried about our safety, but never showed it; He fretted about whether we would get cold and packed us extra gloves).

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✅ Walk and jaunt can both refer to journeys made at an easy to moderate pace (I went for a walk around the neighborhood; We decided to go on a quick jaunt and see if we could find any interesting stores).

✅ A walk can be any length or have any purpose, and it is a pretty general term (I go on a long walk every weekend; I never got my license because I can walk everywhere I need to go).

✅ A jaunt doesn’t have to be done by walking, and includes elements of fun and whimsy (We went on a jaunt around the city).

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✅ Stormy suggests that something is behaving the way it does when there is a storm, whether or not there actually is one (stormy sea; stormy sky).

✅ Blustery describes something characterized by a strong wind which comes in gusts (It’s blustery out on the lake at this time of year).

✅ Stormy does not necessarily entail wind, but often it does (The stormy clouds were enough encouragement to move the party inside). Blustery is only used when there is wind present, whether it is stormy or sunny (On his walk, the blustery wind blew off his hat).

✅ Both words suggest strong and turbulent weather, and blustery conditions can sometimes suggest that a storm is on the way (They decided not to risk going outside on such a blustery day).

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