different between uncover vs unmuffle

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

Etymology

un- +? muffle

Verb

unmuffle (third-person singular simple present unmuffles, present participle unmuffling, simple past and past participle unmuffled)

1. (transitive) To take a covering from, as the face; to uncover.
2. (transitive) To remove the muffling of, as a drum.
   • 2015, Henry Martin, Keith Waters, Jazz: The First 100 Years, Enhanced Media Edition (page 62)

     But when returning from the graveyard, the band would unmuffle the drum and launch into up-tempo, jazzlike popular compositions.

3. (intransitive) To throw off one's concealments.