Guide
Guide verb - To give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed.
Illustrate and guide are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Illustrate" instead a verb "Guide".
Illustrate
Illustrate verb - To show or make clear by using examples.
Guide and illustrate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Guide" instead a verb "Illustrate".
Common collocations
| character | guide character | illustrate character |
| power | guide power | illustrate power |
| development | guide development | illustrate development |
| way | guide way | illustrate way |
| Other words: characters, actions, events. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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To further illustrate the point, note that in the Kung Fu Panda "Warrior's Guide" (a blatant reference to the various guidebooks to Star Trek and Star Wars), on the pages devoted to Tai Lung, arrows point to him to call attention to his "broad shoulders" and "bulging biceps".
Source: Walking Shirtless Scene -
You No Take Candle: Perfume and the Jusenkyo guide, to illustrate their lack of proficiency in English.
Source: Fan Fic / Boy Scouts ½ - The Illustrated Guide To Law : A webcomic that uses stories and humor to illustrate all the concepts one would learn in a law school course, but written for a general audience.
Source: Unclassified Webcomics
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