list of ” Describe the difference between related words “

Word 1	Meaning of Word 1	Word 2	Meaning of Word 2
shout	to speak very loudly	whisper	to speak very softly
happy	feeling joyful	excited	feeling eager and thrilled
big	large in size	huge	very, very big
look	to direct your eyes at something	stare	to look for a long time
walk	to move slowly on foot	run	to move quickly on foot
cold	low in temperature	freezing	extremely cold
small	not large	tiny	very small
laugh	to make a happy sound	giggle	to laugh in a light, silly way
smart	intelligent	wise	intelligent and experienced
fast	moving quickly	quick	done in a short time
talk	to say words out loud	chat	to talk in a friendly way
afraid	feeling fear	scared	very afraid
glad	feeling happy	cheerful	happy and friendly
jump	to push yourself off the ground	hop	to jump lightly
soft	smooth or easy to press	fluffy	soft and light
loud	strong sound	noisy	full of noise
help	to assist	rescue	to save from danger
sick	not feeling well	ill	unwell (another word for sick)
hot	high in temperature	warm	a little hot
sleepy	feeling like sleeping	tired	low in energy
angry	feeling mad	furious	very angry
dry	not wet	dusty	dry and covered in dust
clean	not dirty	neat	clean and organized
dirty	not clean	messy	dirty or untidy
sad	not happy	upset	sad or worried
bright	full of light	shiny	bright and glossy
cry	to shed tears	sob	to cry loudly
tell	to give information	explain	to tell with more detail
write	to put words on paper	draw	to make pictures with a pencil or pen
throw	to send something through the air	toss	to throw lightly
cut	to separate with something sharp	slice	to cut into thin pieces
begin	to start	start	to begin
end	to finish	stop	to cease doing something
fix	to make something work again	repair	to fix carefully
break	to damage something	crack	to damage slightly
build	to make something	create	to make or invent something
find	to discover something	locate	to find the place of something
climb	to go upward	crawl	to move slowly on hands and knees
chase	to run after	follow	to go behind someone
paint	to color with paint	color	to fill with colors (crayons or markers)
open	to make something not closed	unlock	to open with a key
close	to shut	seal	to close tightly
eat	to chew and swallow food	nibble	to eat in small bites
drink	to swallow a liquid	sip	to drink in small amounts
read	to look at and understand words	skim	to read quickly
dig	to make a hole in the ground	scoop	to take out a portion
sit	to rest on your bottom	squat	to sit with knees bent
smell	to use your nose to sense	sniff	to smell by taking a quick breath
move	to change place	slide	to move smoothly across a surface
fly	to move through the air	glide	to fly smoothly
swim	to move in water	float	to stay on the surface of water
shout	to speak loudly	yell	louder than a shout
sing	to make music with your voice	hum	to sing without words
ride	to travel on something	drive	to control a car
push	to press away	pull	to draw toward
think	to use your brain	wonder	to think curiously
learn	to gain knowledge	study	to try to learn something
lie	to say something untrue	trick	to fool someone
save	to keep safe	store	to put away for later
shake	to move quickly back and forth	shiver	to shake from cold or fear
hit	to strike	punch	to hit with a fist
mix	to combine	stir	to move around while mixing
win	to come first	beat	to defeat someone
lose	to not win	fail	to not succeed
carry	to hold and move something	lift	to pick up
hold	to keep something in your hand	grip	to hold tightly
hide	to keep out of sight	cover	to place something over
copy	to do the same	imitate	to act the same
pay	to give money	buy	to get something with money
borrow	to take for a time	lend	to give for a time
speak	to use words	shout	to speak loudly
reply	to answer	respond	to answer in a thoughtful way
jump	to leap	bounce	to jump and come back up
bend	to curve something	fold	to bend so it lays flat
climb	to go up	hike	to walk a long distance
wave	to move hand to greet	signal	to give a message using movement
glow	to give off light	shine	to reflect or produce bright light
speak	to say something	say	to express with words
throw	to toss with force	pitch	to throw carefully or skillfully
skip	to jump lightly	hop	to jump on one foot
win	to succeed in a game	score	to make points
kick	to hit with the foot	stomp	to hit the ground hard with your foot
buy	to pay for something	shop	to look for things to buy
hug	to hold someone kindly	squeeze	to press firmly
chase	to run after	hunt	to search for something
bake	to cook in the oven	roast	to cook by dry heat
catch	to grab something moving	snatch	to grab quickly
pick	to choose	select	to choose carefully
grow	to become bigger	bloom	to grow flowers
melt	to turn to liquid	dissolve	to mix into liquid and disappear
drop	to let something fall	fall	to go downward
start	to begin	launch	to begin something important
point	to show with your finger	poke	to touch quickly with finger
think	to use your mind	guess	to think without knowing for sure
read	to look at and understand words	decode	to figure out the meaning
grow	to get larger	sprout	to begin to grow

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