✅ 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).
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✅ Confused describes something that is in a state of disorder or that is jumbled up (The papers in her bag had become hopelessly confused).
✅ Higgledy-piggledy describes a messy, disordered state (Books were strewn across the room in a higgledy-piggledy way).
✅ Both confused and higgledy-piggledy suggest a lack of organization, but higgledy-piggledy can suggest instability (The layout of the store was confused; The higgledy-piggledy houses in the old part of town had a certain charm).
✅ Higgledy-piggledy is a more fun word that can sound silly or less serious in some situations.
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