✅  Enormous is used to describe something unusually or abnormally big (an enormous rock). Immense often describes things that are so vast they seem unmeasurable (the immense expanse of space).

✅  These two adjectives can be used interchangeably to mean that something is very big, but immense is usually used with a more serious tone (They were worried by the immense power of the rising river).

✅  Both immense and enormous can be used figuratively (enormous respect; immense pressure).

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✅  Training is the perfect word to use when a person is being taught how to perform a specific skill or to do a certain job (teacher training).

✅  Education, on the other hand, often implies gaining broad knowledge through instruction and study (a liberal arts education).

✅  Education can also refer to the result of schooling (He received a good education), and you usually wouldn’t use training in that context.

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✅  Expedition is the perfect word to refer to a trip made for a specific purpose, often a scientific purpose (research expedition).

✅  Trip is a more general word that can be used in many different contexts, including a lengthy journey (a trip abroad) or an everyday stop (a trip to the grocery store).

✅  Expedition can sometimes be used humorously to describe everyday travel, the humor coming from the suggestion that the trip is difficult or dangerous when it is not (an expedition to the grocery store).

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