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Conceal vs Forbid - What's the difference?

conceal | forbid |

As verbs the difference between conceal and forbid

is that conceal is (lb) to hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret while forbid is to disallow; to proscribe.

conceal

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (lb) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
  • :
  • *
  • *: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 .
  • Synonyms

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    Antonyms

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    forbid

    English

    Verb

  • To disallow; to proscribe.
  • Smoking in the restaurant is forbidden .
  • * 1908 ,
  • the Mole recollected that animal-etiquette forbade any sort of comment on the sudden disappearance of one's friends at any moment, for any reason or no reason whatever.
  • To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Have I not forbid her my house?
  • To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
  • An impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
  • * Dryden
  • a blaze of glory that forbids the sight
  • (obsolete) To accurse; to blast.
  • * Shakespeare
  • He shall live a man forbid .
  • (obsolete) To defy; to challenge.
  • Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive'' when the forbidden person is mentioned, and the ''gerund (-ing) otherwise. See . Examples: ** The management forbids employees to smoke in the office. (Active; those subject to prohibition are identified) ** Employees are forbidden to smoke in the office. (Passive; those subject to prohibition are identified) ** The management forbids smoking in the office. (Active; those subject to prohibition are not identified) ** Smoking in the office is forbidden. (Passive; those subject to prohibition are not identified)

    Synonyms

    * prohibit * disallow * ban * veto * See also