veil vs vestment
vestment vs veilveil and vestment both are nouns.
veil is a verb but vestment is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| veil | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| vestment | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
vestment is a hypernym of
veil; that is, vestment is a
word with a broader meaning than veil:
- veil: a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
- vestment: gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy
| veil (noun) | vestment (noun) |
|---|---|
| a garment that covers the head and face | gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy |
| 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) | vestment (verb) |
|---|---|
| make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | |
| to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil |
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