Answer and Reasoning

Answer

Answer noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

Reasoning and answer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reasoning" instead a noun "Answer".

Reasoning

Reasoning noun - The thought processes that have been established as leading to valid solutions to problems.

Answer and reasoning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a noun "Reasoning".

How words are described

clear clear answer clear reasoning
exact exact answer exact reasoning
complex complex answer complex reasoning
original original answer original reasoning
Other adjectives: likely, logical, actual, real, false, vague, implied, official, different.

Both words in one sentence

  • Web Animation / RWBY For every answer given, he immediately exposes the flaw in their reasoning with a very simple question.
  • Visual Novel / Umineko: When They Cry The ultimate answer is that, while the story is far from a traditional Fair-Play Whodunnit, it still is solvable with use of foreshadowing and reasoning.
  • He is very childlike and heavily implied to be autistic, but he is an absolute genius at logic and reasoning, being a chess prodigy and able to answer long equations on the spot.
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