Explain and Neglect

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Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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Neglect and explain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Neglect" instead a verb "Explain".

Neglect verb - To fail to give proper attention to.

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Explain and neglect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Neglect".

nature	explain nature	neglect nature
reason	explain reason	neglect reason
appearance	explain appearance	neglect appearance
fact	explain fact	neglect fact
Other words: feelings, skills, aspects.

Gin tries the same thing — explain one aspect of the powers, but neglect to mention another aspect so it'll catch the opponent completely by surprise.

Source: Explaining Your Power to the Enemy
Now, explain why she decides to take a hundred-year nap in the middle of the goddamn industrial revolution, then relies entirely on five teenagers to fix a century of her neglect?

Source: Western Animation / Captain Planet and the Planeteers
The complaint about the Nemesis movie applies to several Voyager episodes as well— the show gives a reason ship-board transporters won't work, but they neglect to explain why they can't use the shuttle's independently-powered transporters.

Source: Forgotten Phlebotinum

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