Details and Explanation

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Details noun - True confidential information.

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Explanation and details are semantically related In some cases you can use "Explanation" instead a noun "Details".

Explanation noun - A statement that makes something clear.

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Details and explanation are semantically related in clarification topic. Sometimes you can use "Details" instead a noun "Explanation".

Nearby Words: explain, explanatory, explaining

Some vague version of this also happens to the Doctor in The Adventuress of Henrietta Street, although the details/explanation are concealed by the semi-Lemony Narrator who basically admits he/she doesn't know exactly what happened.

Source: Literature / Eighth Doctor Adventures
Hitman: Allan please add detail◊ Explanation An infamous detail for a crate holster in Hitman: Blood Money, presumably a note to one of the programmers to add details before release.

Source: Memes / Video Games
Almost nothing is given a full explanation, and what we do get is usually rushed and leaves out important details.

Source: Western Animation / The Lord of the Rings

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