✅ Honeylike simply describes things that are like honey in some way, maybe in color, texture, or sweetness (The sauce had a honeylike texture).

✅ Mellifluous means sweet-sounding and flowing, and it comes from the Latin words for "honey" and "flow" (Her speaking voice was firm but mellifluous).

✅ Honeylike is a less common word and generally refers to taste and texture (The syrup tasted shockingly honeylike).

✅ Mellifluous is more common and is used to refer to voices and sounds which are as sweet as honey (The mellifluous music filled the room).

✅ Brood means to persistently think about something, especially in an intense or unhealthy way (He liked to sit in his tower and brood).

✅ Muse means to think about or reflect on something, especially in silence (She mused over what to make for dessert).

✅ Brood particularly suggests dwelling on something, especially something that has gone wrong or caused you stress or unhappiness (She lay awake brooding over her mistakes).

✅ Muse isn’t as heavy a word and suggests consideration of a less painful topic (He mused over a new concept for a video game).

✅ A thesis is an idea which is put forward and expressed in order to be debated, discussed, or proven (My thesis was that horror stories generally reflect contemporary concerns).

✅ A contention is a point which is argued for, especially one which is in some way controversial or debatable (His contention was that ice cream is a terrible dessert).

✅ Contention especially suggests an opinion that may lead to argument or that you are prepared to defend (Her contention was that stores should open earlier on Sunday).

✅ Thesis particularly refers to a proposition put forward as the core issue in a piece of writing (The main thesis of his article is that no one reads his work).