Expound vs. Explain — What's the Difference?

Present and explain (a theory or idea) in detail

Make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts

To explain in detail; elucidate

To make plain or comprehensible.

To make known or set forth; present

To define; expound

To make a detailed statement

To offer reasons for or a cause of; justify

(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length

To offer reasons for the actions, beliefs, or remarks of (oneself).

(intransitive) To make a statement, especially at length.

To make something plain or comprehensible

To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.

To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.

To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.

To give a valid excuse for past behavior.

Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;

(obsolete) To make flat, smooth out.

State;

(obsolete) To unfold or make visible.

(intransitive) To make something plain or intelligible.

To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.

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.

To give an explanation.

Make palin and comprehensible;

Define;

Serve as a reason or cause or justification of;