add detail to vs elaborate

add detail to

elaborate

adj
  • Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy. 

  • Complex, detailed, or sophisticated. 

verb
  • to develop in detail or complexity 

  • (sometimes followed by on or upon, and then the object of the preposition) to expand/enlarge in detail 

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