✅ Integrity is the best word for when someone has unshakeable moral principles (He showed academic integrity).
✅ Sincerity is the best word to refer to being sincere or truthful, and not being deceitful or manipulative (Sincerity is sometimes lacking in politics).
✅ Both integrity and sincerity can be used to describe a character trait, but sincerity is most often used to describe how someone talks or acts (She spoke with sincerity).
✅ Integrity often implies that the person described has some kind of power or influence (The mayor is a woman of integrity). Sincerity doesn’t carry the same implications (My friend’s sincerity was clear).
With the help of Grammar Coach, try writing a paragraph describing an act of sincerity.
✅ Therefore is the best word to say that something is happening because of a given reason (It’s delicious, therefore I love it).
✅ Consequently is the best word to say that something is happening as a direct consequence of something else, or as the next action (I dropped my ice cream and consequently got a second one).
✅ Both these words can connect two statements. Use therefore when the second statement follows directly from the first as a result of reasoning (“X” equals seven, therefore “y” equals eight). Use consequently when the second statement is a known or evident result of the first statement (It has been very sunny, and consequently the river is dry).
✅ Therefore is used most often in technical contexts, like in mathematics or law, or in academic and formal writing. Consequently is also a formal word, but can be used in more general contexts.
Try using Grammar Coach to write an argument using consequently.
✅ Agree is a general word for coming to a shared decision (We agreed on a course of action).
✅ Assent is more formal and often means to accept a decision without being part of reaching that decision (The governor assented to the representatives’ plan).
✅ Assent is often more passive than agree, implying one has given in to someone else’s decision (My mom assented to hosting the party).
✅ Agree implies a more participatory and mutual decision (It took a long time for us to agree).
We hope you’ll agree to check out these synonyms for assent.