Assert and Explain

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Assert

Assert verb - To state clearly and strongly.
Usage example: a superpatriot who is never afraid to assert her allegiance to flag and country
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Explain and assert are semantically related in contention topic. In some cases you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Assert".
Nearby Words: assertive, assertion, asserted, asserting

Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.
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Assert and explain are semantically related in contention topic. Sometimes you can use "Assert" instead a verb "Explain".
Nearby Words: explanation, explained, explaining, explicable, explainable

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power assert power explain power
strength assert strength explain strength
popularity assert popularity explain popularity
way assert way explain way
Other words: rules, feelings.

Both words in one sentence

  • In the Pokémon episode Island of the Giant Pokémon, Jessie's Ekans and James's Koffing explain to Meowth that they're not necessarily bad Pokémon, and go so far as to assert that no Pokémon is truly bad; Ekans and Koffing, for example, just do what Jessie and James tell them to do.
    Source: My Master, Right or Wrong
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