different between covert vs passive

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French covert, past participle of covrir (“to cover”) (corresponding to Latin coopertus); cognate to cover.

Pronunciation

• Adjective:
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?v?t/, /?k??v??t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?ko?v??t/, /ko??v??t/, /?k?v??t/
• Noun:
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?v?t/, /?k??v??t/, /?k?v?/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?k?v??t/, /?ko?v??t/, /?k?v??/

Adjective

covert (comparative more covert, superlative most covert)

1. (now rare) Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.5:

     Within that wood there was a covert glade, / Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne […]

   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Gardens

     to plant a covert alley

2. (figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:covert
• feme covert

Antonyms

• overt

Derived terms

• covert stuttering

Related terms

• cover

Translations

Noun

covert (plural coverts)

1. A covering.
2. A disguise.
3. A hiding place.
4. Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
5. (ornithology) A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers.

Translations

Anagrams

• corvet, vector

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kav?t/

Verb

covert

1. inflection of covern:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person plural present
   3. second-person plural subjunctive I
   4. plural imperative

Old French

Alternative forms

• cuvert
• covri

Etymology

From Latin coopertus.

Verb

covert

1. past participle of covrir

Descendants

• English: covert
• French: couvert

English

Etymology

From Middle English passyf, passyve, from Middle French, French passif, from Latin passivus (“serving to express the suffering of an action; in late Latin literally capable of suffering or feeling”), from passus, past participle of pati (“to suffer”); compare patient.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: p?s?-?v, IPA^(key): /?pæs.?v/
• Rhymes: -æs?v
• Hyphenation: pas?sive

Adjective

passive (comparative more passive, superlative most passive)

1. Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
2. Taking no action.

   He remained passive during the protest.

3. (grammar) Being in the passive voice.
4. (psychology) Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
5. (finance) Not participating in management.
6. (aviation) Without motive power.

   a passive balloon; a passive aeroplane; passive flight, such as gliding and soaring

7. (electronics) Of a component: that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
8. (passive provision) Where allowance is made for a possible future event.

   Antonym: active

Synonyms

• inactive
• idle
• disinterested
• uninvolved

Antonyms

• active
• aggressive

Derived terms

Related terms

• passion
• passionate
• patience
• patient

Translations

Noun

passive (plural passives)

1. (grammar) The passive voice of verbs.
2. (grammar) A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.
3. (marketing) A customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth.
   • 2014, Roy Barnes, Bob Kelleher, Customer Experience For Dummies (page 266)

     If you want to improve your organization's NPS, you need to follow up with your detractors, passives, and promoters to understand why they answered your question as they did and what you can do better in the future.

4. (electronics) Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
   • 2001, The Virginia Engineer (volume 50, page 20)

     Reductions In Both Size And Weight Offered By Integrated Passives
     You may not know it yet, but if you're like most consumers, you want integrated passives.

   • 2010, Sridhar Canumalla, Puligandla Viswanadham, Portable Consumer Electronics: Packaging, Materials, and Reliability

     The components include active devices such as logic, memory, processors, etc.; passives such as capacitors, resistors, crystal oscillators, inductances, etc.; […]

Translations

Further reading

• passive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• passive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• pavises

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.siv/

Adjective

passive

1. feminine singular of passif

Verb

passive

1. first-person singular present indicative of passiver
2. third-person singular present indicative of passiver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of passiver
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of passiver
5. second-person singular imperative of passiver

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

passive

1. inflection of passiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pas.?si.ve/, [pas.si?.ve]
• Hyphenation: pas?sì?ve

Adjective

passive f pl

1. feminine plural of passivo

Anagrams

• spesavi

Middle English

Adjective

passive

1. Alternative form of passyf

Noun

passive

1. Alternative form of passyf