✅ Roguish describes someone who is mischievous in a playful way (a roguish smile).

✅ Puckish also describes someone who is mischievous (a puckish child).

✅ Roguish especially describes adult men who are attractively mischievous (He had a roguish, charming look to him).

✅ Puckish suggests engaging in a bad, chaotic kind of mischief (I thought she would grow out of this puckish habit of playing pranks).

✅ A perfectionist is a person who demands that they, or the things they do, be perfect all of the time (He was a perfectionist who was never happy with his work).

✅ A fusspot is a person who is especially fussy and who often finds fault or is unnecessarily picky (Being a fusspot made her difficult to work with at times).

✅ A perfectionist expects excellence of themselves and will often see flaws that no one else will notice (Being a perfectionist annoyed even himself sometimes). A fusspot is a person who finds fault unnecessarily or who is anxious about small details (He was a fusspot who paid too much attention to things no one cared about).

✅ Not all perfectionists fuss a lot, pick at things, or find fault with other people. However, it’s quite common for them to direct those traits at themselves.

✅ Rely means to depend on or put your trust in someone (I know I can rely on my friends when I need help).

✅ Lean means to depend on someone (My best friend and I lean on each other when we find it hard to cope).

✅ Lean particularly suggests trusting in someone’s emotional or personal support, whereas rely is a little more general (I rely on the rulebook to make sure I don’t make a mistake; I hope my family feels they can lean on me when they need to).