Confronted
Explained and confronted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explained" instead a verb "Confronted".
Nearby Words: confrontation, confronting
Explained
Confronted and explained are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Confronted" instead a verb "Explained".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Luckily for them when he confronted her about it she explained what had actually been happening (her trying on a wedding dress for her cousin, who's the same size), and they...reconciled.
Source: Relative Error -
When they were confronted by Takei himself, Shawn explained that Takei had fired his previous assistants for incompetence, which he fully believed.
Source: Adam Westing -
When Angela confronted him having realized "Sera" was an imposter he explained that he did it to prevent Surtur from becoming ruler of the Ten Realms.
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