different between conceal vs envelop
conceal
English
Etymology
From Middle English concelen, from Old French conceler (“hide, disguise”), from Latin concel?re, infinitive of concel? (“carefully disguise”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?si?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?n?sil/
- Rhymes: -i?l
- Hyphenation: con?ceal
Verb
conceal (third-person singular simple present conceals, present participle concealing, simple past and past participle concealed)
- (transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
Synonyms
- hide
- obfuscate
- secrete
Antonyms
- reveal
- uncover
- admit
Related terms
- concealing, concealed
- concealer
- concealment
Translations
conceal From the web:
- what concealer
- what concealer should i use
- what concealer shade am i
- what concealer color should i use
- what concealed means
- what concealed carry means
- what concealer covers dark spots
- what concealer is best for acne
envelop
English
Alternative forms
- invelop, invelope (obsolete)
- envelope (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English envolupen, from Old French anveloper, envoluper (modern French envelopper), from en- + voloper, vloper (“to wrap, wrap up”) (compare Italian -viluppare; Old Italian alternate form goluppare (“to wrap”)) from Vulgar Latin *vuloppare (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlappan?, *wrappan? (“to wrap, roll up, turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, bend”) [1]. Akin to Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, fold”) (Modern English lap (“to wrap, involve, fold”)), Middle English wrappen (“to wrap”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up, embrace”), Danish dialectal vravle (“to wind, twist”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, distort”), Old English wearp (“warp”). Doublet of enwrap.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?n-v?l??p, IPA(key): /?n?v?l?p/
Verb
envelop (third-person singular simple present envelops, present participle enveloping, simple past and past participle enveloped)
- (transitive) To surround or enclose.
Translations
See also
- envelope
Dutch
Alternative forms
- enveloppe
Etymology
Borrowed from French enveloppe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.v??l?p/, /??n.v??l?p/
- Hyphenation: en?ve?lop
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
envelop f (plural enveloppen, diminutive envelopje n)
- An envelope, closing paper wrapper as used for mailing
Synonyms
- briefomslag
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: amplop
- ? Ternate: amflop
Anagrams
- leven op, opleven
envelop From the web:
- what envelope size is 5x7
- what envelopes can you mail
- what envelopes require extra postage
- what envelope to mail passport renewal
- what envelope to use for tax return
- what envelopes are found outside the core
- what envelopes are free at the post office
- what envelope does the stimulus come in
you may also like
- conceal vs envelop
- conducting vs handling
- sluggish vs passive
- thorny vs tough
- discharge vs accomplishment
- additive vs amendment
- shrewdness vs resourcefulness
- bold vs resolute
- slow vs leaden
- classing vs assortment
- packet vs amount
- province vs line
- tough vs puzzling
- numskull vs dope
- contour vs conformation
- keeping vs superintendence
- chilling vs raw
- proliferate vs fructify
- pale vs haggard
- compliment vs bounty