veil vs hide

veil and hide both are nouns.

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

As verbs, veil and hide are synonyms defined as:

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

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

As verbs, hide is a hypernym of veil; that is, hide is a word with a broader meaning than veil:

Other hypernyms of veil include conceal.

veil (noun)	hide (noun)
a garment that covers the head and face	body covering of a living animal
a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl	the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
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)	hide (verb)
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing	make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil	cover as if with a shroud
	prevent from being seen or discovered
	be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety