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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Settle and Demonstrate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/demonstrate/settle
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