Clarify vs. Purify

By Jaxson

  • Clarify (verb)

    (of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter

  • Clarify (verb)

    To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.

  • Clarify (verb)

    To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.

    “Leave the wine for 24 hours and it will clarify.”

  • Clarify (verb)

    To grow clear or bright; to clear up.

  • Clarify (verb)

    To glorify.

  • Purify (verb)

    To cleanse, or rid of impurities.

  • Purify (verb)

    To free from guilt or sin.

  • Purify (verb)

    To become pure.

Wiktionary
  • Clarify (verb)

    make (a statement or situation) less confused and more comprehensible

    “the report managed to clarify the government’s position”

  • Clarify (verb)

    melt (butter) in order to separate out the impurities

    “seal the pots with a layer of clarified butter”

Oxford Dictionary
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