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disambiguate vs elucidate

elucidate vs disambiguate

disambiguate and elucidate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
disambiguate No No Yes No
elucidate No No Yes No
As verbs, elucidate is a hypernym of disambiguate; that is, elucidate is a word with a broader meaning than disambiguate:
  • disambiguate: state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
  • elucidate: make clear and (more) comprehensible
Other hypernyms of disambiguate include clarify, clear up.
disambiguate (verb) elucidate (verb)
state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
make clear and (more) comprehensible
Difference between disambiguate and elucidate

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