cover-up vs wall of silence

cover-up and wall of silence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cover-up	Yes	No	No	No
wall of silence	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, wall of silence is a hyponym of cover-up; that is, wall of silence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cover-up:

cover-up: concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public
wall of silence: the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers

Other hyponyms of cover-up include blue wall, blue wall of silence.

cover-up (noun)	wall of silence (noun)
concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public	the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers

cover-up vs wall of silence

cover-up and wall of silence both are nouns.

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