Assert and Tell

Assert

Assert verb - To state clearly and strongly.

Tell and assert are semantically related in declare topic. In some cases you can use "Tell" instead a verb "Assert".

Tell

Tell verb - To express (a thought or emotion) in words.
Usage example: just tell us what is in your heart

Assert and tell are semantically related in declare topic. Sometimes you can use "Assert" instead a verb "Tell".

Nearby Words: telling, teller

Common collocations

way assert way tell way
feelings assert feelings tell 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.
  • Kikyou was a powerful Miko when she lived, and a conflicted undead Miko when she was forcefully revived; aside of her love for Inuyasha, Kagome's biggest conflict is constantly feeling that she's got to re-assert her own identity to not have everyone tell her she's inferior to Kikyou.
  • Story lines concerning the Cottingley Fairies hoax are sometimes played, at least relatively, straight or assert that Elsie Wright and Francis Griffiths did take photographs of fairies... despite the fact than anyone can tell they're fakes nowadays just by looking at the things.
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