✅ Very means extremely or exceedingly (very happy; very unusual).

✅ Particularly means especially or to an exceptional degree (That was particularly insightful, thank you).

✅ Particularly emphasizes that something is done in an unusual way or to an unusual degree (He picked through the apples particularly carefully).

✅ Very can sometimes feel overused. Sometimes, you might want to use particularly instead. You also might want to pick a stronger adjective than very–for example, you might say delighted rather than very happy.

✅ Plan means to figure out how you’re going to do something before you do it, especially by setting out a method, system, or order (Let’s plan what we’re going to do next week).

✅ Brainstorm means to generate ideas, especially in a group setting, in a spontaneous and nonlinear way (Let’s brainstorm some ideas for our friend’s birthday party).

✅ Plan and brainstorm both refer to different ways of figuring something out, collecting ideas, and solving problems.

✅ However, these words are also opposites: plan suggests figuring something out ahead of time in an orderly way, whereas brainstorm suggests a more open process.

✅ Light refers to the illumination coming from a source such as a lantern, candle, or similar (The light of the candles made the room feel inviting).

✅ Gleam refers to a flash or beam of light that comes from a source (We saw the gleam of a flashlight between the trees).

✅ Light and gleam both refer to radiance from a certain source, but gleam suggests light that is intermittent or difficult to properly see, particularly because of movement or surrounding darkness.

✅ Light has a much broader meaning than gleam.