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clear up vs elucidate

elucidate vs clear up

clear up and elucidate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
clear up No No Yes No
elucidate No No Yes No
As verbs, clear up and elucidate are synonyms defined as:
  • clear up and elucidate: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
Other synonyms of clear up include clear, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out.
As verbs, elucidate is a hypernym of clear up; that is, elucidate is a word with a broader meaning than clear up:
  • clear up: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
  • elucidate: make clear and (more) comprehensible
Other hypernyms of clear up include clarify, clear up.
As verbs, clear up and elucidate are synonyms defined as:
  • clear up and elucidate: make clear and (more) comprehensible
Other synonyms of clear up include clarify.
As verbs, elucidate is a hyponym of clear up; that is, elucidate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than clear up:
  • clear up: make clear and (more) comprehensible
  • elucidate: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
Other hyponyms of clear up include demystify, clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate, disambiguate.
clear up (verb) elucidate (verb)
free (the throat) by making a rasping sound make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
finish a task completely make clear and (more) comprehensible
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
make clear and (more) comprehensible
become clear
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