Discover vs Concert - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
To expose, uncover.
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(chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
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(archaic) To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.
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*Shakespeare
*:Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover / The several caskets to this noble prince.
*Francis Bacon
*:Prosperity doth best discover' vice; but adversity doth best ' discover virtue.
(obsolete) To reconnoitre, explore (an area).
*, Bk.V, ch.ix:
*:they seyde the same, and were aggreed that Sir Clegis, Sir Claryon, and Sir Clement the noble, that they sholde dyscover the woodys, bothe the dalys and the downys.
To find or learn something for the first time.
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, title= (obsolete) To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.
*C. J. Smith
*:The youth discovered a taste for sculpture.
*1806 , Alexander Hunter, Culina Famulatrix Medicinæ , p.125:
*:The English Cooks keep all their Spices in separate boxes, but the French Cooks make a spicey mixture that does not discover a predominancy of any one of the spices over the others.
To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.
* Bishop Burnet
To plan; to devise; to arrange.
* Burke
To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.
* Bishop Burnet
(uncountable) Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.
(uncountable) Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
(countable) A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.
Discover is a related term of concert.
As a proper noun discover
is (us) , a brand of credit card.As a verb concert is
to plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.As a noun concert is
(uncountable) agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.discover
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Alternative forms
* discovre (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.}}
Synonyms
* (expose something previously covered) expose, reveal, uncover * (find something for the first time) come across, findAntonyms
* (expose something previously covered) conceal, cover, cover up, hideDerived terms
* discovery * discovered attack * discovered checkSee also
* invent * detect * find * stumble uponAnagrams
* * 1000 English basic wordsconcert
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Verb
(en verb)- It was concerted to begin the siege in March.
- A commander had more trouble to concert his defence before the people than to plan the campaign.
- The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert with Talbot.
Noun
(wikipedia concert)- I'm going to the rock concert on Friday.
