✅  Complete is the best word to describe something with all its elements or parts (The set was complete).

✅  Intact is the best word to emphasize that something is in its original condition, including being complete, especially when it might be surprising or noteworthy to be that way (The parcel arrived intact; Even after all those years, her memory remained intact).

✅  Intact more often describes physical items. It’s better to use intact rather than complete when you want to emphasize that something physical has survived through difficult circumstances (The boat remained intact after the storm).

✅  Both intact and complete can refer to intangible things like arguments or explanations (Her reasoning was intact; His argument was complete). Complete can also imply that something has been finished (He gave a complete explanation of what happened).

Try using Grammar Coach to write a sentence describing an intact historical artifact.

✅  Tool is the general word for any kind of handheld object that helps you do things, especially physical or manual labor (garden tool; kitchen tool).

✅  A utensil is a kind of tool, typically one used to prepare or eat food (kitchen utensil). The word utensil, however, does not necessarily refer to all tools. For example, you wouldn’t say garden utensil without getting a few odd looks!

✅  Additionally, tool can be used figuratively to refer to anything, including people, that is being used by someone in a position of power to exercise that power (The prime minister was a tool of the king).

By now you should have all the tools you need to appreciate these synonyms for utensil.

✅ Conduct means to lead someone to a destination (I conducted the duke to his room).

✅ Direct means to give someone instructions, rather than guide them yourself (I directed the truck driver to the right house).

✅ Direct and conduct can both also mean manage. Direct can mean to manage or supervise a company, estate, or similar. Conduct can describe the way that you manage yourself or your behavior (She conducts herself well; she directs the estate’s affairs).

✅ Conduct can imply formality or ceremony, while direct is less formal, but implies giving helpful or detailed advice that is equivalent to you being there.

Try using Grammar Coach to write a paragraph to direct someone to a location.