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Explication vs Elucidate - What's the difference?

explication | elucidate |

As a noun explication

is the act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.

As a verb elucidate is

to make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon.

explication

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.
  • The sense given by an expositor.

    • Related terms

    * explicate * explicator * explicit

    elucidate

    English

    Verb

    (elucidat)
  • To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon.
  • * 1817 , , Northanger Abbey , ch. 13:
    • The business, however, though not perfectly elucidated by this speech, soon ceased to be a puzzle.
  • * 1960 , " Medicine: Unmasking the Brain," Time , 4 April:
    • [P]hysicians at the annual meeting of the American Academy of General Practice were fascinated by a 3-ft. model showing the brain's components in 20 layers of translucent plastic, and wired for colored lights to elucidate some of its workings.
  • * 2004 , David Bernstein, “ Philosophy Hitches a Ride With ‘The Sopranos’,” New York Times , 13 April (retrieved 19 Aug. 2009):
    • The new Sopranos volume has 17 essays that examine the television show and elucidate concepts from classical philosophers, including Aristotle, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Sun Tzu and Plato.

    Synonyms

    * explicate, illuminate

    Derived terms

    * elucidation * elucidative * elucidator * elucidatory

    Related terms

    * lucid * lucidity