✅ Cure refers to healing a sickness or disease (Paracetamol will cure your headache).
✅ Cure can be used literally or metaphorically, and generally implies healing or fixing something permanently (Meditation won’t cure all your problems).
✅ Remedy most often refers to fixing something that is wrong, not necessarily an illness, and suggests fixing it in such a way that solves the problem or makes things better (We’re trying to remedy the situation).
✅ Remedy can also refer to healing an illness. In this sense, it implies fixing something temporarily, rather than permanently (Walking will help remedy the strength imbalance in your legs).
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✅ Answer refers to a reply, often one that continues a conversation or gives requested information (He gave a very informative answer to her inquiry).
✅ Retort refers to a sharper, wittier reply, usually one made in retaliation for a cruel or aggressive comment (The audience laughed at her retort).
✅ Answer often implies some kind of information is being conveyed, though it can be used more generally to mean a comment in return (Silence was her only answer).
✅ Retort suggests quickness, especially in defense when feeling attacked by a previous comment. Retort especially refers to turning a person’s previous comment against them (He was proud of his quick retort because the bully finally backed off).
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✅ Achievement refers to a noteworthy or important accomplishment (The high grade was a real achievement).
✅ Feat refers to a particularly difficult accomplishment, often a physical one, that requires a lot of skill or strength (The climb up the mountain was a feat of endurance).
✅ Achievement emphasizes the hard work that has gone into the accomplishment (The award recognized her enormous achievement).
✅ Feat emphasizes the difficulty of what’s been done, often suggesting that it had a small chance of success, or that it may not be reproducible (Getting the cat calmly into the carrier was a feat).
✅ An achievement isn’t usually surprising, but a feat often is.
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