Illustrate
Illustrate verb - Depict with an illustration.
Show is a synonym for illustrate in demonstrate topic. In some cases you can use "Show" instead a verb "Illustrate", when it comes to topics like explain, exemplify, bring out proudly.
Show
Show verb - To present so as to invite notice or attention.
Illustrate is a synonym for show in clarify topic. You can use "Illustrate" instead a verb "Show", if it concerns topics such as demonstrate, bring out proudly, passively exhibit something.
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Unlike other uses of this trope on TGWTG, he doesn't use this to play different characters, just to show him talking to himself or illustrate gags.
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As well as every television show, movie, or trailer that has used it in the soundtrack to illustrate that the character being shown on the screen is feeling, you guessed it, good.
Source: That Makes Me Feel Angry -
MIDI: One year during the annual Telethon Yappy played only Midi files to illustrate what the show would be like without the paid for music licence.
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Show and Illustrate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/illustrate/show
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