Explanation and Wisdom

Explanation

Explanation noun - A statement that makes something clear.

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Wisdom and explanation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wisdom" instead a noun "Explanation".

Nearby Words: explain, explanatory, explaining

Wisdom noun - The ability to understand inner qualities or relationships.

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Explanation and wisdom are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explanation" instead a noun "Wisdom".

good	good explanation	good wisdom
common	common explanation	common wisdom
natural	natural explanation	natural wisdom
perfect	perfect explanation	perfect wisdom
Other adjectives: original, true, obvious, popular, real, little, new, general, apparent.

Another possible explanation; only an idiot would do the things that Japanese conventional wisdom says cause colds; when they don't catch the cold they should have, it's because they're idiots.

Source: Idiots Cannot Catch Colds
The Hobbit village in Shining Wisdom has a healing well at the back, no explanation is given.

Source: Healing Spring
Just for Pun: A bad one that Adrian is completely unable to understand at the time, and only gets the explanation from Gerald in return for explaining how Everett Glander was converted by Norman Wisdom in a pub.

Source: Literature / The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass

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