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shed light on vs clear up

clear up vs shed light on

shed light on and clear up both are verbs.

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