different between uncover vs recount

English

Etymology

From Middle English uncoveren, equivalent to un- +? cover.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?k?v?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?k?v?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?v?(r)

Verb

uncover (third-person singular simple present uncovers, present participle uncovering, simple past and past participle uncovered)

1. To remove a cover from.

   The model railway was uncovered.

2. To reveal the identity of.

   The murderer has finally been uncovered.

3. To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
4. (reflexive, intransitive) To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.
   • 1824, Town and Country Tales (page 115)

     Alfred, surprised to meet his father, whom he thought absent from home, […] stood, holding his firelock in one hand, and his hat in the other, having uncovered himself as soon as he perceived his father.
5. (reflexive, intransitive) To expose the genitalia.
6. (military, transitive) To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.

Synonyms

• (to show openly): expose, uncloak; see also Thesaurus:reveal
• (to remove one's hat or cap): doff, uncoif, unhat; see also Thesaurus:undress

Antonyms

• cover up

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?nt

Etymology 1

From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.

Noun

recount (plural recounts)

1. Narration, account, description, rendering

Translations

Verb

recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)

1. To tell; narrate; to relate in detail

   The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.

2. (dated) To rehearse; to enumerate.

   to recount one's blessings

Translations

Etymology 2

From re- +? count

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i??ka?nt/

Noun

recount (plural recounts)

1. A counting again, as of votes.

Translations

Verb

recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)

1. To count again.

Translations

Anagrams

• Counter, Cureton, Cutrone, cornute, counter, counter-, countre, trounce