✅ A pinch is a very small amount of something, often what you could hold if you pinch your fingers together (This recipe calls for only a pinch of cinnamon).

✅ A soupçon is a slight trace of something, translated literally from French as "a suspicion" (Do I hear a soupçon of smugness in your voice?).

✅ Both of these words refer to very small, often barely perceptible amounts of something (I added a pinch of red to the paint color; There’s a soupçon of mint in this stew).

✅ Soupçon is a more unusual word than pinch and suggests an even smaller amount.

✅ Fun describes something that gives pleasure or amusement (I had a fun night out at the movies).

✅ Enjoyable describes something that gives joy or pleasure (That book was really enjoyable to read).

✅ Fun and enjoyable both describe things and activities that are interesting, exciting, or pleasurable.

✅ Fun is a more informal term that covers a wider variety of experiences: a skydive might be fun, but is probably a bit too adrenaline-inducing to be enjoyable.

✅ A groove is an indentation or furrow, usually cut or worn into a hard surface (The wheels wore a groove in the floorboards).

✅ A rut is a furrow worn into the ground, usually by vehicles or a lot of foot traffic (The path through the forest was just a rut in the ground).

✅ Groove and rut are also words for set routines that occur in your life.

✅ Groove is generally positive, whereas rut is generally negative (I’m getting back in the groove after my vacation; I feel like I’m stuck in a rut).