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clear up vs shed light on

shed light on vs clear up

clear up and shed light on both are verbs.

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

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