cloak vs mantle

mantle vs cloak

cloak and mantle both are nouns.

cloak and mantle both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cloak	Yes	No	Yes	No
mantle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, mantle is a hyponym of cloak; that is, mantle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cloak:

cloak: a loose outer garment
mantle: a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter

Other hyponyms of cloak include burnoose, burnous, burnouse, caftan, kaftan, cape, capote, hooded cloak, capuchin, cope, dolman, domino, jellaba, opera cloak, opera hood, pallium, poncho, shawl, toga, tunic, wrap, wrapper.

cloak (noun)	mantle (noun)
a loose outer garment	a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
anything that covers or conceals	hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
	shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
	(zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
	the cloak as a symbol of authority
	the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
	anything that covers

cloak (verb)	mantle (verb)
cover with or as if with a cloak	cover like a mantle
cover as if with clothing	spread over a surface, like a mantle
hide under a false appearance

Difference between cloak and mantle

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