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partial veil vs veil

veil vs partial veil

partial veil and veil both are nouns.

partial veil is not a verb while veil is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
partial veil Yes No No No
veil Yes No Yes No
As nouns, veil is a hypernym of partial veil; that is, veil is a word with a broader meaning than partial veil:
  • partial veil: membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap
  • veil: a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
Other hypernyms of partial veil include velum.
partial veil (noun) veil (noun)
membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap 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
partial veil (verb) veil (verb)
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
Difference between partial veil and veil

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