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Conceal vs Envelop - What's the difference?

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Conceal is a related term of envelop.


As verbs the difference between conceal and envelop

is that conceal is (lb) to hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret while envelop is to surround or enclose.

conceal

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (lb) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
  • :
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  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed .

    • Related terms

    * concealing, concealed

    Synonyms

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    Antonyms

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    envelop

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l) (obsolete) * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To surround or enclose.
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    • (b ) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
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    • , year=2011 , date=December 10 , author=Marc Higginson , title=Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.}}

    See also

    * envelope ----