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
Nail and demonstrate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nail" instead a verb "Demonstrate".
Nail
Nail verb - To make final, definite, or beyond dispute.
Usage example: this latest infidelity nails it—I'm filing for divorce
Demonstrate and nail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Demonstrate" instead a verb "Nail".
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| worth | demonstrate worth | nail worth |
| point | demonstrate point | nail point |
| time | demonstrate time | nail time |
| personality | demonstrate personality | nail personality |
Both words in one sentence
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Improbable Aiming Skills: All characters demonstrate this by casually getting head shots with rifles, shotguns, pistols, revolvers and a nail gun at considerable distances.
Source: Film / Wyrmwood -
The second and third cutscenes in the original game demonstrate this: in the second, Blinky chases Pac only to catch his ghost suit on a nail, and in the third, he chases Pac again, but his crappy repair job didn't stay.
Source: Bedsheet Ghost
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