Demonstrate and Settle

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

Settle and demonstrate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Settle" instead a verb "Demonstrate".

Settle

Settle verb - To make final, definite, or beyond dispute.
Usage example: this information should settle the question of who is right

Demonstrate and settle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Demonstrate" instead a verb "Settle".

Common collocations

way demonstrate way settle way
difference demonstrate difference settle difference
problems demonstrate problems settle problems
differences demonstrate differences settle differences
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