✅ Show means to exhibit or display something or otherwise cause something to be seen (Let me show you the way to the bathroom; I’m going to show my art at the gallery).

✅ Present means to put on or exhibit something (We will present the new film next week).

✅ Present and show both mean to cause something to be seen, but present suggests a higher level of formality or importance than show.

Let us present to you these other synonyms!

✅ Pretense refers to a false show or demonstration of something (The gift was a pretense of friendship).

✅ Semblance refers to an assumed or unreal appearance (Patting him on the back was only a semblance of sympathy).

✅ Pretense emphasizes falseness and pretending, while semblance suggests giving a certain impression which is generally false or pretend but which may be made in good faith (They tried to maintain a semblance of order).

Write about a time you gave a semblance of respect to someone with the help of Grammar Coach.

✅ To comfort someone means to soothe or console them (I comforted my niece after she fell down).

✅ To hearten someone means to give them courage or confidence (Her presence heartened me).

✅ Comfort and hearten both mean to cheer someone up in some way, but there are key differences.

✅ Comfort focuses on reassuring and sympathizing with someone (They comforted each other with a long hug). Hearten suggests giving someone moral support (Her kind words heartened me after my interview).

Write about something that heartens you on a difficult day with the help of Grammar Coach.