Explain and Inform

Explain

Explain verb - Make plain and comprehensible.

Usage example: He explained the laws of physics to his students

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Inform and explain are semantically related in speech topic. In some cases you can use "Inform" instead a verb "Explain", when it comes to topics like edify.

Nearby Words: explanation, explained, explaining, explicable, explainable

Inform

Inform verb - To give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities.

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Synonyms for Inform

Antonyms for Inform

Explain and inform are semantically related in edify topic. Sometimes you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Inform".

Nearby Words: information, informal, informed, informer, informative

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Common collocations

time	explain time	inform time
characters	explain characters	inform characters
actions	explain actions	inform actions
details	explain details	inform details

Both words in one sentence

Used painfully in Shark Attack 3: Megalodon when two coworkers explain their job to one another, laughing uproariously after every line to inform us that they are jovial people.

Source: As You Know
Shoot the Messenger: When a pair of Grounders are sent to Arkadia to inform them of the blockade that encircles the settlement, they explain that the blockade will be lifted if Arkadia turns Pike over to them for punishment for his actions.

Source: Series / The 100
Cannot Spit It Out: If Laures had decided to approach Hilda and inform her about the Azel powers and explain what might happen in the off-chance that someone steals the Azel sword from him and gets Rod possessed, there wouldn't be much of the original plot left.

Source: Manga / Seimaden