conceal vs veil

veil vs conceal

conceal is not a noun while veil is a noun.

conceal and veil both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
conceal	No	No	Yes	No
veil	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, veil is a hyponym of conceal; that is, veil is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than conceal:

conceal: prevent from being seen or discovered
veil: to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil

Other hyponyms of conceal include secrete, block, obstruct, cover, bosom, bury, cover, cover up, harbor, harbour, shield, becloud, befog, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure, disguise, mask, sweep under the rug, lurk, skulk.

conceal (noun)	veil (noun)
	a garment that covers the head and face
	a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
	the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
	a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms

conceal (verb)	veil (verb)
hold back; keep from being perceived by others	make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
prevent from being seen or discovered	to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil

Difference between conceal and veil

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