vestment vs veil
veil vs vestmentvestment and veil both are nouns.
vestment is not a verb while veil is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vestment | Yes | No | No | No |
| veil | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
veil is a hyponym of
vestment; that is, veil is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
vestment:
- vestment: gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy
- veil: a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
Other hyponyms of vestment include
alb, cassock, chasuble, humeral veil, pallium, pontifical, surplice.
| vestment (noun) | veil (noun) |
|---|---|
| gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy | 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 |
| vestment (verb) | veil (verb) |
|---|---|
| make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | |
| to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil |
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