Explain and Observe

Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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

Observe verb - To act according to the commands of.

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Explain and observe are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Observe".

power	explain power	observe power
nature	explain nature	observe nature
situation	explain situation	observe situation
time	explain time	observe time
Other words: way, characters, details, history, behavior, rules, events.

In Virtue's Last Reward, when Phi is trying to explain the nature of the Many Worlds Theory that they can seemingly observe, she asks Sigma to do something random.

Source: Projectile Kiss
Gabriel offers this reaction when Yahtzee challenges him to observe, then explain one of Curse of Enchantia's many surreal Solve the Soup Cans-type puzzles.

Source: Flat "What."
Flashback Effects: The stage instructions explain how Willy's imagination works on stage.Whenever the action is in the present the actors observe the imaginary wall-lines, entering the house only through its door at the left.

Source: Theatre / Death of a Salesman

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