Talk
Talk verb - To give a formal often extended talk on a subject.
Understand and talk are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Understand" instead a verb "Talk".
Understand
Understand verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.
Talk and understand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Talk" instead a verb "Understand".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Big kids, like Angelica and Susie, are the privileged polyglots that can understand and talk to both (for a certain value of "understand" ... leading to phrases such as "As Bob is my witless").
Source: Animal Talk -
Greek gods have this as a natural ability, to the point that not only they can understand and talk any language, but people who stick around them for long will understand as well.
Source: Omniglot - The Sliding Scale of Animal Communication ranges from only humans being able to talk to all animals (including humans) being able to talk and understand each other.
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