different between concealment vs veil
concealment
English
Etymology
From Old French concelement (“concealment, secrecy”). Synchronically analyzable as conceal +? -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?si?lm?nt/
- Hyphenation: con?ceal?ment
Noun
concealment (countable and uncountable, plural concealments)
- The practice of keeping secrets.
- The condition of being hidden or concealed.
- (military) protection from observation or surveillance.
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veil
English
Etymology
From Middle English veil, veyl, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French veil (“sail, veil, shroud”) (Francien Old French voil, French voile), Latin v?lum (“sail”). Displaced Middle English scleire, scleyre, sleyre, slyre (“veil”) (compare German Schleier). Doublet of velum and voile.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ve?l/
- Rhymes: -e?l
- Homophones: vale, vail
Noun
veil (plural veils)
- Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
- The veil of the temple was rent in twain.
- (figuratively) Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
- A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence. p. 4.
- Beckett complains that "in the forest of symbols" there is never quiet, and longs to break through the veil of language to silence.
- 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence. p. 4.
- A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
- (biology) The calyptra of mosses.
- (zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
- (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
- (mycology) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
- An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
- (figuratively, parapsychology) That which separates the living and the spirit world.
Derived terms
- dance of the seven veils
- draw a veil over
- take the veil
- veil of tears
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (b?ru)
- ? Korean: ?? (beil)
Translations
Verb
veil (third-person singular simple present veils, present participle veiling, simple past and past participle veiled)
- (transitive) To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
- (transitive) To conceal as with a veil.
- The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.
Translations
Anagrams
- Levi, Viel, evil, live, vile, vlei
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
veil
- first-person singular present indicative of veilen
- imperative of veilen
Adjective
veil (comparative veiler, superlative veilst)
- venal
Inflection
Anagrams
- viel, vlei
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