understand vs work out

work out vs understand

understand and work out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
understand	No	No	Yes	No
work out	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, work out is a hyponym of understand; that is, work out is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than understand:

understand: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
work out: find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of

Other hyponyms of understand include apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy, sense, follow, catch, get, touch, interpret, read, translate, understand, read, construe, interpret, see, make out, figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work, bottom, fathom, penetrate.

understand (verb)	work out (verb)
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of	do physical exercise
perceive (an idea or situation) mentally	give a workout to
believe to be the case	come up with
make sense of a language	work out in detail
be understanding of	find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
	make a mathematical calculation or computation
	be calculated
	happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well

Difference between understand and work out

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