diff --git a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/at.rs b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/at.rs
index 7a82b169c57..6515f948dd3 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/at.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/at.rs
@@ -268,7 +268,10 @@ fn to_trace(
         a: Self,
         b: Self,
     ) -> TypeTrace<'tcx> {
-        TypeTrace { cause: cause.clone(), values: Types(ExpectedFound::new(a_is_expected, a, b)) }
+        TypeTrace {
+            cause: cause.clone(),
+            values: Terms(ExpectedFound::new(a_is_expected, a.into(), b.into())),
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -292,27 +295,22 @@ fn to_trace(
         a: Self,
         b: Self,
     ) -> TypeTrace<'tcx> {
-        TypeTrace { cause: cause.clone(), values: Consts(ExpectedFound::new(a_is_expected, a, b)) }
+        TypeTrace {
+            cause: cause.clone(),
+            values: Terms(ExpectedFound::new(a_is_expected, a.into(), b.into())),
+        }
     }
 }
 
 impl<'tcx> ToTrace<'tcx> for ty::Term<'tcx> {
     fn to_trace(
-        tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
+        _: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
         cause: &ObligationCause<'tcx>,
         a_is_expected: bool,
         a: Self,
         b: Self,
     ) -> TypeTrace<'tcx> {
-        match (a, b) {
-            (ty::Term::Ty(a), ty::Term::Ty(b)) => {
-                ToTrace::to_trace(tcx, cause, a_is_expected, a, b)
-            }
-            (ty::Term::Const(a), ty::Term::Const(b)) => {
-                ToTrace::to_trace(tcx, cause, a_is_expected, a, b)
-            }
-            (_, _) => todo!(),
-        }
+        TypeTrace { cause: cause.clone(), values: Terms(ExpectedFound::new(a_is_expected, a, b)) }
     }
 }
 
@@ -358,7 +356,7 @@ fn to_trace(
         let b_ty = tcx.mk_projection(b.item_def_id, b.substs);
         TypeTrace {
             cause: cause.clone(),
-            values: Types(ExpectedFound::new(a_is_expected, a_ty, b_ty)),
+            values: Terms(ExpectedFound::new(a_is_expected, a_ty.into(), b_ty.into())),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/error_reporting/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/error_reporting/mod.rs
index c5da9977db7..6fdfc8e39f1 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/error_reporting/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/error_reporting/mod.rs
@@ -1582,18 +1582,18 @@ enum Mismatch<'a> {
             None => (None, Mismatch::Fixed("type"), false),
             Some(values) => {
                 let (is_simple_error, exp_found) = match values {
-                    ValuePairs::Types(exp_found) => {
-                        let is_simple_err =
-                            exp_found.expected.is_simple_text() && exp_found.found.is_simple_text();
-                        OpaqueTypesVisitor::visit_expected_found(
-                            self.tcx,
-                            exp_found.expected,
-                            exp_found.found,
-                            span,
-                        )
-                        .report(diag);
+                    ValuePairs::Terms(infer::ExpectedFound {
+                        expected: ty::Term::Ty(expected),
+                        found: ty::Term::Ty(found),
+                    }) => {
+                        let is_simple_err = expected.is_simple_text() && found.is_simple_text();
+                        OpaqueTypesVisitor::visit_expected_found(self.tcx, expected, found, span)
+                            .report(diag);
 
-                        (is_simple_err, Mismatch::Variable(exp_found))
+                        (
+                            is_simple_err,
+                            Mismatch::Variable(infer::ExpectedFound { expected, found }),
+                        )
                     }
                     ValuePairs::TraitRefs(_) => (false, Mismatch::Fixed("trait")),
                     _ => (false, Mismatch::Fixed("type")),
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ enum Mismatch<'a> {
                 };
                 if let Some((sp, msg)) = secondary_span {
                     if swap_secondary_and_primary {
-                        let terr = if let Some(infer::ValuePairs::Types(infer::ExpectedFound {
+                        let terr = if let Some(infer::ValuePairs::Terms(infer::ExpectedFound {
                             expected,
                             ..
                         })) = values
@@ -2036,9 +2036,7 @@ pub fn report_and_explain_type_error(
             }
             FailureCode::Error0308(failure_str) => {
                 let mut err = struct_span_err!(self.tcx.sess, span, E0308, "{}", failure_str);
-                if let ValuePairs::Types(ty::error::ExpectedFound { expected, found }) =
-                    trace.values
-                {
+                if let Some((expected, found)) = trace.values.ty() {
                     match (expected.kind(), found.kind()) {
                         (ty::Tuple(_), ty::Tuple(_)) => {}
                         // If a tuple of length one was expected and the found expression has
@@ -2148,9 +2146,8 @@ fn values_str(
         values: ValuePairs<'tcx>,
     ) -> Option<(DiagnosticStyledString, DiagnosticStyledString)> {
         match values {
-            infer::Types(exp_found) => self.expected_found_str_ty(exp_found),
             infer::Regions(exp_found) => self.expected_found_str(exp_found),
-            infer::Consts(exp_found) => self.expected_found_str(exp_found),
+            infer::Terms(exp_found) => self.expected_found_str_term(exp_found),
             infer::TraitRefs(exp_found) => {
                 let pretty_exp_found = ty::error::ExpectedFound {
                     expected: exp_found.expected.print_only_trait_path(),
@@ -2178,16 +2175,22 @@ fn values_str(
         }
     }
 
-    fn expected_found_str_ty(
+    fn expected_found_str_term(
         &self,
-        exp_found: ty::error::ExpectedFound<Ty<'tcx>>,
+        exp_found: ty::error::ExpectedFound<ty::Term<'tcx>>,
     ) -> Option<(DiagnosticStyledString, DiagnosticStyledString)> {
         let exp_found = self.resolve_vars_if_possible(exp_found);
         if exp_found.references_error() {
             return None;
         }
 
-        Some(self.cmp(exp_found.expected, exp_found.found))
+        Some(match (exp_found.expected, exp_found.found) {
+            (ty::Term::Ty(expected), ty::Term::Ty(found)) => self.cmp(expected, found),
+            (expected, found) => (
+                DiagnosticStyledString::highlighted(expected.to_string()),
+                DiagnosticStyledString::highlighted(found.to_string()),
+            ),
+        })
     }
 
     /// Returns a string of the form "expected `{}`, found `{}`".
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/error_reporting/nice_region_error/trait_impl_difference.rs b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/error_reporting/nice_region_error/trait_impl_difference.rs
index bbea450a769..a79ed20730b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/error_reporting/nice_region_error/trait_impl_difference.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/error_reporting/nice_region_error/trait_impl_difference.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use crate::infer::error_reporting::nice_region_error::NiceRegionError;
 use crate::infer::lexical_region_resolve::RegionResolutionError;
-use crate::infer::{SubregionOrigin, Subtype, ValuePairs};
+use crate::infer::{SubregionOrigin, Subtype};
 use crate::traits::ObligationCauseCode::CompareImplMethodObligation;
 use rustc_errors::ErrorReported;
 use rustc_hir as hir;
@@ -34,16 +34,16 @@ pub(super) fn try_report_impl_not_conforming_to_trait(&self) -> Option<ErrorRepo
         {
             if let (&Subtype(ref sup_trace), &Subtype(ref sub_trace)) = (&sup_origin, &sub_origin) {
                 if let (
-                    ValuePairs::Types(sub_expected_found),
-                    ValuePairs::Types(sup_expected_found),
+                    sub_expected_found @ Some((sub_expected, sub_found)),
+                    sup_expected_found @ Some(_),
                     CompareImplMethodObligation { trait_item_def_id, .. },
-                ) = (&sub_trace.values, &sup_trace.values, sub_trace.cause.code())
+                ) = (&sub_trace.values.ty(), &sup_trace.values.ty(), sub_trace.cause.code())
                 {
                     if sup_expected_found == sub_expected_found {
                         self.emit_err(
                             var_origin.span(),
-                            sub_expected_found.expected,
-                            sub_expected_found.found,
+                            sub_expected,
+                            sub_found,
                             *trait_item_def_id,
                         );
                         return Some(ErrorReported);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/mod.rs
index fa17a2d66f1..08320a0ff1d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/mod.rs
@@ -366,13 +366,26 @@ pub struct InferCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
 /// See the `error_reporting` module for more details.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, TypeFoldable)]
 pub enum ValuePairs<'tcx> {
-    Types(ExpectedFound<Ty<'tcx>>),
     Regions(ExpectedFound<ty::Region<'tcx>>),
-    Consts(ExpectedFound<&'tcx ty::Const<'tcx>>),
+    Terms(ExpectedFound<ty::Term<'tcx>>),
     TraitRefs(ExpectedFound<ty::TraitRef<'tcx>>),
     PolyTraitRefs(ExpectedFound<ty::PolyTraitRef<'tcx>>),
 }
 
+impl<'tcx> ValuePairs<'tcx> {
+    pub fn ty(&self) -> Option<(Ty<'tcx>, Ty<'tcx>)> {
+        if let ValuePairs::Terms(ExpectedFound {
+            expected: ty::Term::Ty(expected),
+            found: ty::Term::Ty(found),
+        }) = self
+        {
+            Some((expected, found))
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// The trace designates the path through inference that we took to
 /// encounter an error or subtyping constraint.
 ///
@@ -1817,7 +1830,10 @@ pub fn types(
         a: Ty<'tcx>,
         b: Ty<'tcx>,
     ) -> TypeTrace<'tcx> {
-        TypeTrace { cause: cause.clone(), values: Types(ExpectedFound::new(a_is_expected, a, b)) }
+        TypeTrace {
+            cause: cause.clone(),
+            values: Terms(ExpectedFound::new(a_is_expected, a.into(), b.into())),
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn consts(
@@ -1826,7 +1842,10 @@ pub fn consts(
         a: &'tcx ty::Const<'tcx>,
         b: &'tcx ty::Const<'tcx>,
     ) -> TypeTrace<'tcx> {
-        TypeTrace { cause: cause.clone(), values: Consts(ExpectedFound::new(a_is_expected, a, b)) }
+        TypeTrace {
+            cause: cause.clone(),
+            values: Terms(ExpectedFound::new(a_is_expected, a.into(), b.into())),
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/mod.rs
index 8624137d776..2cb2ac86661 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/mod.rs
@@ -1382,26 +1382,11 @@ fn report_projection_error(
                     normalized_ty,
                     data.term,
                 ) {
-                    values = Some(match (normalized_ty, data.term) {
-                        (ty::Term::Ty(normalized_ty), ty::Term::Ty(ty)) => {
-                            infer::ValuePairs::Types(ExpectedFound::new(
-                                is_normalized_ty_expected,
-                                normalized_ty,
-                                ty,
-                            ))
-                        }
-                        (ty::Term::Const(normalized_ct), ty::Term::Const(ct)) => {
-                            infer::ValuePairs::Consts(ExpectedFound::new(
-                                is_normalized_ty_expected,
-                                normalized_ct,
-                                ct,
-                            ))
-                        }
-                        (_, _) => span_bug!(
-                            obligation.cause.span,
-                            "found const or type where other expected"
-                        ),
-                    });
+                    values = Some(infer::ValuePairs::Terms(ExpectedFound::new(
+                        is_normalized_ty_expected,
+                        normalized_ty,
+                        data.term,
+                    )));
                     err_buf = error;
                     err = &err_buf;
                 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/compare_method.rs b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/compare_method.rs
index 74910234b7e..5bb528458c5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/compare_method.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/compare_method.rs
@@ -377,9 +377,9 @@ fn compare_predicate_entailment<'tcx>(
                 &mut diag,
                 &cause,
                 trait_err_span.map(|sp| (sp, "type in trait".to_owned())),
-                Some(infer::ValuePairs::Types(ExpectedFound {
-                    expected: trait_fty,
-                    found: impl_fty,
+                Some(infer::ValuePairs::Terms(ExpectedFound {
+                    expected: trait_fty.into(),
+                    found: impl_fty.into(),
                 })),
                 &terr,
                 false,
@@ -1068,9 +1068,9 @@ fn compare_const_param_types<'tcx>(
                 &mut diag,
                 &cause,
                 trait_c_span.map(|span| (span, "type in trait".to_owned())),
-                Some(infer::ValuePairs::Types(ExpectedFound {
-                    expected: trait_ty,
-                    found: impl_ty,
+                Some(infer::ValuePairs::Terms(ExpectedFound {
+                    expected: trait_ty.into(),
+                    found: impl_ty.into(),
                 })),
                 &terr,
                 false,