Demonstrate
Demonstrate verb - To make plain or understandable.
Usage example: a few striking facts should demonstrate the complex nature of our topic
Illuminate and demonstrate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Illuminate" instead a verb "Demonstrate".
Illuminate
Illuminate verb - To make plain or understandable.
Usage example: the museum's exhibit on the refraction of light really illuminated the subject for us
Demonstrate and illuminate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Demonstrate" instead a verb "Illuminate".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- illustrate and demonstrate
- illustrate and illuminate
- express and demonstrate
- express and illuminate
- display and demonstrate
- display and illuminate
- show and demonstrate
- show and illuminate
- instruct and demonstrate
- instruct and illuminate
- reveal and demonstrate
- reveal and illuminate
- evidence and demonstrate
- evidence and illuminate
Common collocations
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Illuminate and Demonstrate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/demonstrate/illuminate
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