Claim
Claim verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.
Explain and claim are semantically related in contention topic. In some cases you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Claim".
Explain
Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.
Claim and explain are semantically related in contention topic. Sometimes you can use "Claim" instead a verb "Explain".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Officially, it's because she supports Azerbaijan's claim over Nagorno-Karabakh, but that doesn't explain her choice not to recognize Armenia as a country...when Azerbaijan herself does.
Source: Useful Notes / Pakistan - She claims it is to secure Menelaus' claim-by-marriage to the throne; but it does not explain why she does not leave her son instead of her daughter, or leave them both.
Source: Comic Book / Age of Bronze -
Metaphorically True: In the second Star Wars special, Obi-wan's claim that what he said was true "From a certain point of view" becomes the refrain of a musical number for Obi Wan Kenobi and Yoda as they explain themselves to Luke.
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