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garment vs veil

veil vs garment

garment and veil both are nouns.

garment and veil both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
garment Yes No Yes No
veil Yes No Yes No
As nouns, veil is a hyponym of garment; that is, veil is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than garment:
  • garment: an article of clothing
  • veil: a garment that covers the head and face
garment (noun) veil (noun)
an article of clothing 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
garment (verb) veil (verb)
provide with clothes or put clothes on make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
Difference between garment and veil

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