Explain vs. Analyze

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

Analyzeverb

(transitive) To subject to analysis.

Analyzeverb

(transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.

Analyzeverb

(transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.

Analyzeverb

(transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.

Analyzeverb

To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; to consider in detail in order to discover essential features or meaning; as, to analyze an action to ascertain its morality; to analyse a sonnet by Shakespeare; to analyse the evidence in a criminal trial; to analyse your real motives.

Analyzeverb

make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; as, to analyse a specimen; to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyse a chemical compound.

Analyzeverb

subject to psychoanalytic treatment.

Analyzeverb

consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning;

Analyzeverb

make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features;

Analyzeverb

break down into components or essential features;

Analyzeverb

subject to psychoanalytic treatment;