As a noun pursuit

is the act of pursuing.

As a verb persue is

.

As a noun mockery

is the action of mocking; ridicule, derision.

As an adjective derisive is

expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.

As verbs the difference between expand and finance

is that expand is (label) to change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one while finance is .

As nouns the difference between spammer and ratchet

is that spammer is (computing|internet) someone who sends spam while ratchet is a pawl, click or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.

As a verb ratchet is

to cause to become incremented or decremented.

As an adjective ratchet is

(us|slang) ghetto (unseemly and indecorous).

As nouns the difference between cars and pears

is that cars is plural of lang=en while pears is plural of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between granny and granary

is that granny is a grandmother while granary is a storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.

As an adjective granny

is typically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women.

As a proper noun Granny

is one's grandma.

As verbs the difference between entail and assure

is that entail is to imply or require while assure is .

As nouns the difference between entail and assure

is that entail is that which is entailed hence: while assure is insuree.

As an adjective assure is

insured.

As nouns the difference between stable and valuable

is that stable is a building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses while valuable is a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.

As adjectives the difference between stable and valuable

is that stable is relatively unchanging, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed while valuable is having a great value.

As a verb stable

is to put or keep (horse) in a stable.

As a proper noun brook

is for someone living by a brook .

As a noun runnel is

a small stream, a rivulet.

As a verb runnel is

.

As nouns the difference between beck and streamlet

is that beck is a stream or small river while streamlet is a small stream.

As a verb beck

is to nod or motion with the head.