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clear up vs clear up

clear up vs clear up

clear up and clear up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
clear up No No Yes No
clear up No No Yes No
As verbs, clear up is a hypernym of clear up; that is, clear up is a word with a broader meaning than clear up:
  • clear up: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
  • clear up: make clear and (more) comprehensible
Other hypernyms of clear up include clarify, elucidate.
As verbs, clear up is a hyponym of clear up; that is, clear up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than clear up:
  • clear up: make clear and (more) comprehensible
  • clear up: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
clear up (verb) clear up (verb)
free (the throat) by making a rasping sound free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
finish a task completely finish a task completely
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
make clear and (more) comprehensible make clear and (more) comprehensible
become clear become clear
Difference between clear up and clear up

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