is a type of (narrower)
free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
is an attribute of
precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication
"explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes"
is an attribute of
implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something
"an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn"