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Covert vs Implicit - What's the difference?

covert | implicit |

As adjectives the difference between covert and implicit

is that covert is hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered while implicit is implicit.

As a noun covert

is area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.

covert

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , III.5:
  • Within that wood there was a covert glade, / Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne
  • * (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
  • to plant a covert alley
  • (figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • how covert matters may be best disclosed
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • whether of open war or covert guile
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
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    Synonyms

    * See also * feme covert

    Antonyms

    * overt

    Derived terms

    * covert stuttering

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
  • (lb) A feather that covers others
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    implicit

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Implied indirectly, without being directly expressed
  • * 1983 , (Ronald Reagan),
  • The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they found implicit in the Bible's teachings of the inherent worth and dignity of each individual.
  • Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown
  • Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
  • * 1765 , Anonymous,
  • He is not only a zealous advocate for pusilanimous and passive obedience, but for the most implicit faith in the dictatorial mandates of power.
  • (obsolete) entangled, twisted together.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • In his woolly fleece I cling implicit .

    Synonyms

    * (implied indirectly) implied, unspoken * (contained in the essential nature) inherent, intrinsic * (having no reservations) unconditional, unquestioning

    Antonyms

    * explicit

    Derived terms

    * implicitly * implicitness