Unseen vs Clandestine - What's the difference?
unseen | clandestine | Related terms |
Not seen or discovered.
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An examination involving material not previously seen or studied.
Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
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(freemasonry, of a person or lodge) Not recognized as a regular member.
Unseen is a related term of clandestine.
As adjectives the difference between unseen and clandestine
is that unseen is not seen or discovered while clandestine is done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.As a verb unseen
is .As a noun unseen
is an examination involving material not previously seen or studied.unseen
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(en adjective)Obama's once hip brand is now tainted, passage=Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.}}
Derived terms
* sight unseenEtymology 2
Verb
(head)- What has been seen cannot be unseen .
Noun
(en noun)- I have French and Latin unseens this summer.
clandestine
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- In my imagination, all work place encounters between men and women result in clandestine sex.
- And I don't want anyone to think I dislike Catholicism because I don't. It's actually my favourite form of clandestine global evil.