Show and Teach

Show

Show verb - To give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed.
Usage example: showed me how to play the guitar

Teach is a synonym for show in demonstrate topic. In some cases you can use "Teach" instead a verb "Show", when it comes to topics like passively exhibit something.

Nearby Words: showy, showed, showing, showcase, shown

Teach

Teach verb - To cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field.
Usage example: taught us about the basics of organic gardening

Show is a synonym for teach in train topic. You can use "Show" instead a verb "Teach", if it concerns topics such as educate.

Common collocations

respect show respect teach respect
ability show ability teach ability
character show character teach character
power show power teach power
Other words: someone, world, behavior, everyone, kids, skills.

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Adam Ruins Everything When someone knows something he doesn't, they can literally steal the show and teach Adam something he doesn't want to know.
  • What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids? Well, sure — if you want to scare them for life, shove their hearts into a woodchipper, confuse them to an overwhelming extreme, or show/teach them words or other things they really shouldn't know yet.
  • The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything One class involves his dressing up as Devilman to teach a lesson about sociology, only to give up halfway through and show the kids how to shoot bottle rockets out of their homeroom window instead.
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