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clear up vs enlighten

enlighten vs clear up

clear up and enlighten both are verbs.

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