Cloak vs Shield - What's the difference?
cloak | shield | Synonyms |
A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
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(figurative) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
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(Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
To cover as with a cloak.
(science fiction, ambitransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.
Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
# A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
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# Figuratively, one who protects or defends.
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# (lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
# (mining) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
# (science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.
Something shaped like a shield, usually an inverted triangle with slightly curved lower sides.
# (heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
# A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
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# (obsolete) A coin, the old French crown, or , having on one side the figure of a shield.
# (label) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
# (colloquial, law enforcement) A police badge.
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(geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
# (geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
Cloak is a synonym of shield.
As nouns the difference between cloak and shield
is that cloak is a long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood while shield is anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.As verbs the difference between cloak and shield
is that cloak is to cover as with a cloak while shield is to protect, to defend.cloak
English
(wikipedia cloak)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}
- No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak .
Derived terms
* cloak and daggerSee also
* burnoose, burnous, burnouse * domino costumeVerb
- The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.
