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teach vs enlighten

enlighten vs teach

teach and enlighten both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
teach No No Yes No
enlighten No No Yes No
As verbs, enlighten is a hyponym of teach; that is, enlighten is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than teach:
  • teach: impart skills or knowledge to
  • enlighten: 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, edify, condition.
teach (verb) enlighten (verb)
accustom gradually to some action or attitude make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
impart skills or knowledge to make understand
give spiritual insight to; in religion
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