Confess
Confess verb - To make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid.
Demonstrate and confess are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Demonstrate" instead a verb "Confess".
Demonstrate
Demonstrate verb - To show the existence or truth of by evidence.
Usage example: the paleontologist hopes to demonstrate that dinosaurs once existed in central Peru by unearthing the fossil evidence
Confess and demonstrate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Confess" instead a verb "Demonstrate".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- express and confess
- express and demonstrate
- prove and confess
- prove and demonstrate
- confirm and confess
- confirm and demonstrate
- exhibit and confess
- exhibit and demonstrate
- communicate and confess
- communicate and demonstrate
- declare and confess
- declare and demonstrate
- proclaim and confess
- proclaim and demonstrate
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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All for Nothing: The main hook of the plot is proving Kilgrave's powers exist so that Hope can go free, which forces Jessica and her allies to put themselves and others in dangerous or fatal situations so that they can get Kilgrave to either confess or demonstrate his abilities.
Source: Series / Jessica Jones
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