different between undercover vs unknown
undercover
English
Etymology
under +? cover
Adjective
undercover (comparative more undercover, superlative most undercover)
- Performed or happening in secret.
- Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation.
Synonyms
- clandestine
- See also Thesaurus:covert
Related terms
- cloak-and-dagger
Translations
Noun
undercover (plural undercovers)
- A person who works undercover.
Translations
Verb
undercover (third-person singular simple present undercovers, present participle undercovering, simple past and past participle undercovered)
- To provide too little coverage.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English undercover.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.d?r?k?.v?r/
- Hyphenation: un?der?co?ver
Adjective
undercover (not comparable)
- undercover
Inflection
Adverb
undercover
- undercover (in a covert fashion, not using one's real identity)
undercover From the web:
- what undercover cops do
- what undercover cops can't do
- what undercover means
- what's undercover agent
- what undercover lover meaning
- what undercover boss about
- undercover cop meaning
- what undercover police
unknown
English
Etymology
From un- +? known, past participle of know. Compare Old English ungecnawen.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?n??n/
- (US) enPR: ?n-n?n?, IPA(key): /?n?no?n/
Adjective
unknown (comparative more unknown, superlative most unknown)
- (sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.
- Synonyms: anonymous, unfamiliar, uncharted, undiscovered, unexplored, unidentified, unnamed, unrecognized, unrevealed, unascertained, obscure, unsung
- Antonyms: well-known, famous, known
Derived terms
- unknown quantity
Translations
Noun
unknown (plural unknowns)
- (algebra) A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
- Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.
- A person of no identity; a nonentity
- 1965, Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone"
- How does it feel
- To be on your own
- With no direction home
- Like a complete unknown
- Like a rolling stone?
- 1965, Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone"
Translations
Verb
unknown
- past participle of unknow
unknown From the web:
- what unknown creature was discovered in hawaii
- what unknown mean
- what unknown number is calling me
- what unknown caller mean
- what unknown substance
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