Explain and Support

Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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

Support verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

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Explain and support are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Support".

relationship	explain relationship	support relationship
use	explain use	support use
plan	explain plan	support plan
story	explain story	support story
Other words: actions, existence, skills.

Similarly, Laurent tears up in his A support with any of his fathers, as he finally manages to explain what he felt in the years he spent completely alone.

Source: Cry Cute
In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Gandalf invokes this when asked to explain his support of the dwarven expedition.

Source: Too Powerful to Live
That doesn't quite explain how Russian armored vehicles are already in town to support the paratroopers and set up roadblocks during the initial assault.

Source: Film / Red Dawn (1984)

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