Show
Show verb - To present so as to invite notice or attention.
To illustrate and show are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "To illustrate" with "Show", this terms are similar.
To illustrate
Show and to illustrate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Show" instead a verb phrase "To illustrate".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
-
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.
-
While the lion's share of the show takes place in neighborhoods where everyone is either a drug dealer or a drug addict, the show takes time out to illustrate there are nice parts of Baltimore.
Source: Wretched Hive - Other characters with similar attributes show up to illustrate the road not taken: What if The Hero had denied his call to adventure?
Source: Oddly Common Rarity
Cite this Source
To illustrate and Show. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 11, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/show/to_illustrate
Show & To illustrate. N.p., 2016. Web. 11 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/show/to_illustrate>.
To illustrate or Show. 2016. Accessed August 11, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/show/to_illustrate.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "show" and "to illustrate" have occurred on timeline