✅ Willful describes a person who is particularly stubborn and determined to get what they want, especially when going against rules or advice (a willful child).
✅ Headstrong suggests a person who is stubborn and determined to get what they want, especially regarding foolish, aggressive, or overly emotional decision-making (He was headstrong in his youth).
✅ Both words often suggest youth and immaturity. Willful emphasizes the sense of going against the rules, or ignoring advice (He’s very willful, and he can be hard to handle).
✅ Headstrong emphasizes the sense of making foolish or poorly-considered decisions (She is extremely headstrong whenever she gets a new idea in her head).
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✅ Attractive describes someone or something that has a delightful or appealing appearance or manner (an attractive actor; an attractive garden).
✅ Handsome describes someone who is good-looking, especially in a well-proportioned and healthy-seeming way. It can also describe pleasing things (a handsome singer; handsome furniture).
✅ It’s more common to use these words—especially handsome—to describe people, rather than things (The graduate looked particularly handsome; the attractive teacher).
✅ While attractive is the more gender-neutral term, handsome can be used to describe anyone, suggesting that they have strong, stately features.
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✅ An observer refers to a person who watches something happening. Sometimes this is for official purposes, to make sure that a given set of rules is followed or to take notes on what happens (They hired a neutral observer to keep a record of the peace talks).
✅ An eyewitness is a person that sees something happen, often by chance, and can give an account of it (The testimony of the eyewitness was important to the case).
✅ Eyewitness is most often used in relation to crimes or newsworthy events (She was an eyewitness to the accident).
✅ Observer often suggests a person who intentionally watches something, such as a procedure, happen (Observers said the innovative surgery went smoothly).
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