Disclose vs Acquaint - What's the difference?
disclose | acquaint | Related terms |
(obsolete) To open up, unfasten.
* Francis Bacon
To uncover, physically expose to view.
* Woodward
* 1972 , Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things , McGraw-Hill 1972, p. 13:
To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known, state openly, reveal.
* Alexander Pope
* Addison
To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar.
* I think you should acquaint him with the realities of the situation.
* (rfdate) (John Locke)
* (rfdate) Isaiah 53:3
To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant.
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare), (Romeo and Juliet) , III-iv
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare), , IV-i
(obsolete) To familiarize; to accustom.
(obsolete) Acquainted.
Disclose is a related term of acquaint.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between disclose and acquaint
is that disclose is (obsolete) a disclosure while acquaint is (obsolete) acquainted.As verbs the difference between disclose and acquaint
is that disclose is (obsolete) to open up, unfasten while acquaint is to furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar.As a noun disclose
is (obsolete) a disclosure.As an adjective acquaint is
(obsolete) acquainted.disclose
English
Verb
(disclos)- The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.
- The shells being broken, the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.
- Its brown curtain was only half drawn, disclosing the elegant legs, clad in transparent black, of a female seated inside.
- Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose .
- If I disclose my passion, / Our friendship's at an end.
Synonyms
* divulge * impart * publish * reveal * unveilAntonyms
* cover upDerived terms
* discloseracquaint
English
Verb
(en verb)- Before a man can speak on any subject, it is necessary to be acquainted with it.
- A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
- Acquaint her here of my son Paris' love.
- ''I must acquaint you that I have received New dated letters from Northumberland.
- (Evelyn)
