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veil vs alter

alter vs veil

veil is a noun but alter is not a noun.

veil and alter both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
veil Yes No Yes No
alter No No Yes No
As verbs, alter is a hypernym of veil; that is, alter is a word with a broader meaning than veil:
  • veil: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
  • alter: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Other hypernyms of veil include change, modify.
veil (noun) alter (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
veil (verb) alter (verb)
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing remove the ovaries of
to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
make an alteration to
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