✅ Decorum refers to dignity and a sense of propriety or a sense of what is appropriate and proper (She behaved with decorum, even if all the rules made her feel silly).

✅ Gentility refers to affected politeness and a pretentious sense of good manners (His old-fashioned gentility was off-putting).

✅ Both of these words refer to attitudes and behaviors that suggest Western ideas of good manners and appropriateness.

✅ Gentility emphasizes politeness, whereas decorum emphasizes appropriate behavior.

✅ Practical describes something that has been designed for a purpose and is useful, or someone who prefers action and concrete, tangible work (The layout of the kitchen wasn’t very practical; She had a practical, no-nonsense approach).

✅ Businesslike describes someone who is efficient and realistic as well as practical (The doctor was calm and businesslike).

✅ Practical and businesslike describe similar approaches that center efficiency, being realistic, and focusing on action.

✅ Practical can describe people and things, whereas businesslike describes people, either individually or as a group (The builders were businesslike and straightforward).

✅ Unpack means to take the contents out of a box, suitcase, or similar (I always unpack my belongings when I get to my hotel room).

✅ Unbox means to take something out of its box or packaging (I need you to unbox that shipment of socks).

✅ Unpack and unbox both mean to take items out of a container.

✅ Unpack is a more general word, whereas unbox generally suggests taking something that you purchased out of the packaging that it was bought or delivered in (I watched a video of someone unboxing a new laptop; It took weeks for me to unpack after my move).