Expository and Figurative

Expository

Expository adjective - Serving to explain.
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Figurative and expository are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Figurative" instead an adjective "Expository".

Nearby Words: exposition, expositor, expositive

Figurative

Figurative adjective - Expressing one thing in terms normally used for another.

Expository and figurative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expository" instead an adjective "Figurative".

Nearby Words: figuration, figuratively
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