Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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veil | Yes | No | Yes | No |
obscure | No | Yes | Yes | No |
veil (noun) | obscure (noun) |
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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 (adjective) | obscure (adjective) |
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difficult to find | |
marked by difficulty of style or expression | |
not drawing attention | |
not famous or acclaimed | |
not clearly expressed or understood | |
remote and separate physically or socially |
veil (verb) | obscure (verb) |
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make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | make unintelligible or unclear |
to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil | make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing |
reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa | |
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | |
make less visible or unclear |