✅ Calm describes something still and undisturbed or something that is free from excitement or other strong emotion (calm water; a calm smile).

✅ Placid describes something peaceful and serene (a placid response).

✅ Calm and placid both describe peaceful or tranquil things or people who seem emotionally peaceful.

✅ Placid, when describing people and their emotions, can suggest that someone is strangely or unexpectedly calm (She had a placid response to the betrayal).

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✅ An adventure is an exciting, interesting, or sometimes hazardous experience (Visiting another country will be such an adventure).

✅ A quest is an expedition or adventure, undertaken in order to find something (We went on a quest for lime green sneakers).

✅ In everyday life, an adventure is an interesting or unusual experience, and a quest is a search for something.

✅ In a fantasy context, an adventure is an exciting or hazardous experience, and a quest is an adventure with a particular goal. Both usually involve long and exciting journeys.

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✅ Cook means to make food ready for eating by applying heat to it in some way (I need to start cooking the turkey).

✅ Bake means to make food ready for eating by applying a dry heat, usually by putting the food in an oven (Cookies are fun to bake).

✅ Baking is a particular kind of cooking and is generally used to refer to making sweet foods such as cakes, cookies, or pastries, and to making foods in ovens such as breads or casseroles (I loved when he’d bake because the house smelled so good).

✅ Cooking is generally used to refer to making savory foods but can include all kinds of foods (He could really cook up a storm!).

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