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Cover vs Layer - What's the difference?

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Layer is a synonym of cover.



As nouns the difference between cover and layer

is that cover is a lid while layer is a single thickness of some material covering a surface.

As verbs the difference between cover and layer

is that cover is to place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect while layer is to cut or divide (something) into layers.

As an adjective cover

is of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.

cover

English

(wikipedia cover)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A lid.
  • A hiding from view.
  • A front and back of a book or magazine.
  • A top sheet of a bed.
  • A cover charge.
  • A setting at a restaurant table or formal .
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    • , title=(The Celebrity) , chapter=1 citation , passage=When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.}}
  • (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
  • (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
  • (topology) A set (more often known as a family ) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
  • (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
  • (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
  • (legal) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
  • (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
  • (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story
  • The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
    • (Knight)
  • In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.

    • Derived terms

    * cover board * cover charge * cover letter * cover story * cover version * take cover * tonneau cover

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
  • (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
  • :
  • :
  • To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
  • :
  • *
  • *:A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Charles T. Ambrose
    • , title= Alzheimer’s Disease , volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—
  • To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
  • :
  • To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
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  • To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
  • :
  • *(John Brougham) (1814-1880)
  • *:the powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland
  • (label) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
  • :
  • To deal with.
  • *2010 (publication date), "Contributors", , ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 7:
  • *:Richard Morgan covers science for The Economist'', ''The New York Times'', ''Scientific American'', and ''Wired .
  • To be enough money for.
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  • (label) To act as a replacement.
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  • (label) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
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  • (label) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
  • To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or'' to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; ''or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
  • To provide insurance coverage for.
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  • To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
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  • To protect or control (a piece or square).
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    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "cover")

    Derived terms

    * coverage * cover up * cover one's bases * coverer * discover * duck and cover * recover * uncover

    Descendants

    * German: (l)

    layer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
    • Wrap the loaf in two layers of aluminum foil before putting it in the oven.
    After the first coat of paint dried, he applied another layer .
  • # An item of clothing worn under or over another.
  • It's cold now but it will warm up this afternoon. Make sure you wear layers .
  • A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
    • I find seven-layer cake a bit too rich.
  • A person who lays things, such as tiles.
  • A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
    • When dealing with an infestation of headlice, the first step is to eliminate the layers .
  • A hen kept to lay eggs.
  • A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.

    • Synonyms

    * (stratum) stratum

    Derived terms

    * boundary layer * ozone layer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) to cut or divide (something) into layers
  • (ambitransitive) to arrange (something) in layers.
    • Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.

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