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elucidate vs clear up

clear up vs elucidate

elucidate and clear up both are verbs.

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