✅ Immature describes a person who is childish or who hasn’t yet fully developed emotionally. It also describes plants and fruits which aren’t fully mature or ripe (The trees are immature now, but in a few decades this area will have grown into a lovely wood).

✅ Green describes fruits which are underripe and people who are inexperienced (The berries were too green to eat).

✅ Immature and green both describe people and things that haven’t reached their full development (She’s a little too immature; The new worker shows promise, even if he is a little green).

✅ When referring to people, green is a more informal, but also in some situations less judgmental, word than immature. When referring to fruits, green is the usual word and immature is more formal.

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✅ Sad describes feeling upset or unhappy (The ending of my book made me sad).

✅ Blue describes feeling dejected, depressed, or miserable (I woke up a little blue).

✅ Sad and blue both describe feeling melancholy, upset, or dejected, but blue is often used as a lighter-hearted way to say you’re feeling big and difficult emotions (She’s been feeling blue since her girlfriend left).

✅ Though sad is a less lighthearted word, it generally refers to smaller or more passing kinds of unhappiness (She felt sad that her favorite café had closed).

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✅ Strong describes someone or something that is robust (They used a strong rope to help them climb the wall). It especially suggests people who have a lot of physical or mental power (We need a strong person to help us move this furniture).

✅ When describing a person, strong emphasizes resilience, whereas tough emphasizes being hardened by circumstances or not easily influenced or affected (The weather makes the people here tough).

✅ When describing things, strong and tough both suggest being resistant to wear (The jacket was made of tough material), but tough also suggests being difficult to work with (I made this spoon from a particularly tough piece of wood).

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