Demonstrate
Demonstrate verb - To gain full recognition or acceptance of.
Usage example: you must demonstrate your scientific thesis before a jury of your professional peers
Support and demonstrate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Support" instead a verb "Demonstrate".
Support
Support verb - To give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of.
Usage example: new evidence supports the original researchers' unexpected conclusions
Demonstrate and support are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Demonstrate" instead a verb "Support".
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Both words in one sentence
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They can either support with a staff, or demonstrate the trope to the fullest by fighting with a lance or a bow.
Source: Kicking Ass in All Her Finery -
Sadistic Choice: Gradido offers his support to the Ignauts only if Demetrio will offer his life in exchange to demonstrate the strength of his principles.
Source: Anime / Endride - Wake-Up Fighting: To demonstrate how Don has changed with his time with the Venusian guerrillas, the company runner in his group wakes Don up with a sharp tap on the support rope of his hammock.
Source: Literature / Between Planets
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