Explicate and Comment

verb

• Make plain and comprehensible.
  • usage: "He explained the laws of physics to his students"
  • synonyms: explain
• Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses.
  • usage: "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
  • synonyms: formulate, develop

• (v.t.) To unfold; to expand; to lay open.
• (a.) Evolved; unfolded.
• (v.t.) To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret.

noun

• A statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information.
  • usage: "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account"
  • synonyms: remark, input
• A written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material.
  • usage: "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"
  • synonyms: commentary
• A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people.
  • usage: "the divorce caused much gossip"
  • synonyms: gossip, scuttlebutt

verb

• Make or write a comment on.
  • usage: "he commented the paper of his colleague"
  • synonyms: notice, remark, point out
• Explain or interpret something.
• Provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases.
  • usage: "He annotated on what his teacher had written"
  • synonyms: gloss, annotate

• (v.i.) To make remarks, observations or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning or to explain particular passages; to write annotations; -- often followed by on or upon.
• (v.t.) To comment on.
• (n.) A remark, observation or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk.
• (n.) A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition.