hide vs veil

hide and veil both are nouns.

hide and veil both are verbs.

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

As verbs, hide and veil are synonyms defined as:

hide and veil: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

Other synonyms of hide include blot out, obliterate, obscure.

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

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

Other hyponyms of hide 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.

hide (noun)	veil (noun)
body covering of a living animal	a garment that covers the head and face
the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)	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

hide (verb)	veil (verb)
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing	make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
cover as if with a shroud	to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
prevent from being seen or discovered
be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety

Difference between hide and veil

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