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To examine something in detail in order to understand it

• Analyze
• Explain
• Illustrate
• Compare/ Contrast

To make something clear by using description, relevant facts, or ideas

• Explain
• Illustrate
• Compare/ Contrast
• Interpret

To make something more clear or visible

• Illustrate
• Compare/ Contrast
• Interpret
• Summarize

Compare means to note the similarities and/or dissimilarities between things. Contrast means to only note the dissimilarities between things.

• Compare/ Contrast
• Interpret
• Summarize
• Demonstrate

To explain the meaning of something; to present something in understandable terms

• Interpret
• Summarize
• Demonstrate
• Indicate

To briefly share the main points of something

• Summarize
• Demonstrate
• Indicate
• Infer

To show; to explain something in clear terms

• Demonstrate
• Indicate
• Infer
• Describe

To point out; to show

• Indicate
• Infer
• Describe
• Support

To figure something out by using evidence and reasoning; "reading between the lines"

• Infer
• Describe
• Support
• Define

To note details about something

• Describe
• Support
• Define
• Convey