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teach vs edify

edify vs teach

teach and edify both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
teach No No Yes No
edify No No Yes No
As verbs, edify is a hyponym of teach; that is, edify is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than teach:
  • teach: impart skills or knowledge to
  • edify: make understand
Other hyponyms of teach include develop, educate, prepare, train, indoctrinate, drill, catechise, catechize, reinforce, reward, spoonfeed, induct, mentor, tutor, unteach, unteach, ground, lecture, talk, coach, train, enlighten, condition.
teach (verb) edify (verb)
accustom gradually to some action or attitude make understand
impart skills or knowledge to
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