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veil vs mystify

mystify vs veil

veil is a noun but mystify is not a noun.

veil and mystify both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
veil Yes No Yes No
mystify No No Yes No
As verbs, mystify is a hyponym of veil; that is, mystify is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than veil:
  • veil: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
  • mystify: make mysterious
veil (noun) mystify (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) mystify (verb)
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing make mysterious
to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil be a mystery or bewildering to
Difference between veil and mystify

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