✅ Unemotional describes someone who isn’t experiencing strong feelings or who doesn’t appear to be experiencing such feelings (an unemotional reaction to the news).
✅ Glacial describes someone who is particularly cold and unsympathetic (a glacial response).
✅ Both of these words describe people who do not express warm feelings when you might expect them to.
✅ Unemotional suggests a lack of feelings, whereas glacial suggests the presence of negative feelings, such as disdain, which are expressed in a detached way.
✅ Powerful refers to people and things that are strong, potent, or influential (a powerful grip; a powerful force for good; a powerful novel).
✅ Dynamic refers to people and things that are energetic, vital, and forceful (She was a dynamic speaker).
✅ These two words both describe things that are forceful (a powerful speech; a dynamic performance).
✅ However, powerful emphasizes strength, whereas dynamic emphasizes energy and vitality.
✅ The bench is a term used to refer, colloquially, to a judge or the judiciary (The bench decided to set a precedent in the case).
✅ The court is a term used to refer to the place where justice is conducted or to a body of judges who can administer justice (I had to face the court).
✅ These are both terms that refer to judges in the process of hearing cases.
✅ Bench is a more informal term, whereas court is a more official term.