Asylum vs Covert - What's the difference?
asylum | covert | Related terms |
A place of safety.
The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.
A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
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, title= Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.
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* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
(figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
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Asylum is a related term of covert.
As nouns the difference between asylum and covert
is that asylum is a place of safety while covert is area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.As an adjective covert is
hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.asylum
English
Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum , it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner.
Synonyms
* sanctuary * shelterDerived terms
* insane asylum * mental asylum * orphan asylum * asylum seekerSee also
* refugee ----covert
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Within that wood there was a covert glade, / Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne
- to plant a covert alley
- how covert matters may be best disclosed
- whether of open war or covert guile
How algorithms rule the world, passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.