Relevant and Telling

Relevant

Relevant adjective - Having to do with the matter at hand.

Telling and relevant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Telling" instead an adjective "Relevant".

Nearby Words: relevance, relevancy

Telling

Telling adjective - Having the power to persuade.
Usage example: presented us with telling evidence that convinced us he was right

Relevant and telling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Relevant" instead an adjective "Telling".

Nearby Words: tell, teller, telly

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / A League of Their Own It is a fictionalized telling of the founding of the aforementioned baseball league and its struggles to stay relevant after the war ended.
  • Comic Book / Supreme Power Every point Clinton gives of why Mark is a model citizen and human are subverted by a relevant flashback, including Mark's parents telling them that they love him.
  • No Smoking He has been omitting that all of them smoked since it was not relevant to the stories he was telling and he was embarrassed to mention it to his kids.
    Source: No Smoking
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