different between concealing vs conceal

English

Etymology

From conceal +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?si?l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?sil??/
• Rhymes: -i?l??
• Hyphenation: con?ceal?ing

Noun

concealing (plural concealings)

1. gerund of conceal: an act of concealment.
2. Material, etc., that conceals something.

Verb

concealing

1. present participle of conceal

Anagrams

• congenical

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)

1. (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

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