Clarify and Understand

Clarify

Clarify verb - To remove usually visible impurities from.

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Understand and clarify are semantically related in explain topic. In some cases you can use "Understand" instead a verb "Clarify".

Understand verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.

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Clarify and understand are semantically related in explain topic. Sometimes you can use "Clarify" instead a verb "Understand".

part	clarify part	understand part
significance	clarify significance	understand significance
point	clarify point	understand point
reason	clarify reason	understand reason
Other words: situation, time, question, way, difference, words, meaning, rules, feelings, concepts.

He also mentions that he uses archaeology to try to understand aspects of his life that he's forgotten over time or to clarify why certain events he was witness to happened as they did.

Source: Film / The Man from Earth
Since nobody in the audience can understand what Chewbacca can say, almost all his conversations involve someone repeating what he's (assumingly) just roared, as if to clarify.

Source: Parrot Exposition

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