Explain
Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.
Shade
Shade verb - To shelter (something) from light and heat.
Common collocations
| power | explain power | shade power |
| characters | explain characters | shade characters |
| hair | explain hair | shade hair |
Both words in one sentence
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This fails to explain the fact that all parts of a being are red, including their clothes, while everything else is the same shade of blue.
Source: Night-Vision Goggles - Much fun was had listening to them explain in graphic detail just how little shade of difference there was between the two, if any.
Source: Platonic Prostitution
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