✅ Resolute describes someone or something that shows firmness and determination (She was resolute in her decision).

✅ Staunch describes someone or something that shows firmness, steadfastness, and loyalty (He was a staunch defender of his favorite celebrity).

✅ Resolute and staunch both can be used to describe determination and a strong, self-possessed attitude.

✅ Staunch primarily implies loyalty, whereas resolute primarily implies determination and strength of mind.

✅ Pocket means to dishonestly take something for yourself, especially secretly (I pocketed the cash).

✅ Pilfer means to steal, especially in small amounts and in a way that is unlikely to have serious consequences (I pilfered a doughnut from the baking sheet).

✅ Pocket and pilfer are both informal ways to refer to stealing. Both words can refer to an instance of stealing which isn’t very serious, or they can be used to make such an instance seem less serious than it really is (pilfer hotel toiletries; pocket a few pieces of candy).

✅ Top means to outdo something or someone (This restaurant topped all our previous favorites).

✅ Vanquish means to defeat or to win a victory over something or someone (He vanquished the dragon).

✅ Top and vanquish have similar meanings. They both mean to come out on top in some kind of contest—even if no-one knows about that contest except you.

✅ Top doesn’t really imply defeating someone else, though it does mean being better than them at something (The song topped the charts), while vanquish implies some sort of clash or competition in which someone was defeated (They vanquished all their enemies).