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elucidate vs straighten out

straighten out vs elucidate

elucidate and straighten out both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
elucidate No No Yes No
straighten out No No Yes No
As verbs, elucidate and straighten out are synonyms defined as:
  • elucidate and straighten out: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
Other synonyms of elucidate include clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out.
As verbs, straighten out is a hyponym of elucidate; that is, straighten out is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than elucidate:
  • elucidate: make clear and (more) comprehensible
  • straighten out: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
Other hyponyms of elucidate include demystify, clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate, disambiguate.
elucidate (verb) straighten out (verb)
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear put (things or places) in order
make clear and (more) comprehensible settle or put right
change for the better
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
make straight
extricate from entanglement
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