✅ Example can refer to a person who, because of how they behave or what they’ve achieved, is considered worth imitating or copying in some way. It can also refer to things (She was a fine example for her classmates; This lamp is a good example of the style we are looking for).

✅ Model is the best word for someone or something to copy exactly (an artist’s model; a scale model of the new office building).

✅ When example and model refer to behavior that should be copied, model suggests something more specific and exact than example (His friend provided a model of proper etiquette at the party; That golfer was an example of what might happen when you don’t prepare for an event).

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✅ Ambitious is the best word to describe someone who wants material success, and puts effort towards achieving that (an ambitious politician; he has always been ambitious).

✅ Aspiring is the best word to describe someone who wants to achieve something specific, especially something unusual or special (an aspiring athlete). In casual speech, it can also mean that you want to learn to be good at something (an aspiring guitarist).

✅ Describing someone as an aspiring dancer, for example, means that they want to be a dancer for their career. An ambitious dancer is a dancer who wants success, however they measure that.

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✅ Curious is the best word to describe being nosy, and wanting to know about things that aren’t your business (My colleague was curious about my new car).

✅ Meddlesome is the best word to describe actively inserting yourself into things that aren’t your business (a meddlesome aunt).

✅ Meddlesome suggests intrusiveness, and involving yourself in things without being asked (My meddlesome cousin ruined the event).

✅ Curious, however, has less of a negative connotation, suggesting a desire to know, but not necessarily engage intrusively (He was curious about my vacation but afraid to ask me directly).

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