✅ A vacation is a period of time in which you’re not going to work or school, often in order to rest, relax, or travel (I’m really looking forward to my summer vacation).

✅ A sabbatical is a period of time in which you’re on leave from work for rest, research, or learning new things (I went on sabbatical to learn a new language).

✅ Vacation generally suggests a period of time spent resting and relaxing and can be a short or longer period (I’m taking a few days’ vacation). Sabbatical generally suggests a longer period of time, spent doing things that will improve your performance at work (My professor took a sabbatical this semester).

✅ Impress means to affect someone’s feelings or influence their opinion on you (She impressed us as a hard worker).

✅ Buffalo means to impress with a display of power or to intimidate someone (I can’t be buffaloed by shows of wealth).

✅ Impress can refer to influencing someone in a variety of ways (Their talent impressed us into funding the team for another year), whereas buffalo usually refers to influencing someone through intimidation and is more informal (I was buffaloed into backing out of the fight).

✅ Warm describes someone or something ready with their affection, love, kindness, generosity, and similar feelings (She was a warm and attentive hostess).

✅ Loving describes someone or something readily affectionate, fond, and caring, particularly in a way that suggests romantic or familial love (I grew up in a loving home).

✅ Warm is more general and suggests being friendly and open with positive emotions like fondness and kindness (He tried hard to be warm and kind to people).

✅ Loving describes a person who is openly fond and caring about their family, friends, and loved ones (a loving grandparent).