Elaborate vs. Explain
Elaborateadjective
Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
Elaborateadjective
Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
Elaborateverb
(transitive) to develop in detail or complexity
Elaborateverb
(intransitive) (sometimes followed by on or upon, and then the object of the preposition) to expand in detail
Elaborateadjective
Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.
Elaborateverb
To produce with labor
Elaborateverb
To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work.
Elaborateverb
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;
Elaborateverb
produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product;
Elaborateverb
make more complex, intricate, or richer;
Elaborateverb
work out in detail;
Elaborateadjective
marked by complexity and richness of detail;
Elaborateadjective
developed or executed with care and in minute detail;
Explainverb
To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
Explainverb
To give a valid excuse for some past behavior.
Explainverb
(obsolete) To make flat, smooth out.
Explainverb
(obsolete) To unfold or make visible.
Explainverb
To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.
Explainverb
To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.
Explainverb
To give an explanation.
Explainverb
make palin and comprehensible;
Explainverb
define;
Explainverb
serve as a reason or cause or justification of;
Explainverb
make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts
Explainverb
give a reason so as to justify or excuse (an action or event)
Explainverb
be the cause of or motivating factor for
Explainverb
minimize the significance of an embarrassing fact or action by giving an excuse or justification
