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Dispose vs Uncover - What's the difference?

dispose | uncover |

As verbs the difference between dispose and uncover

is that dispose is while uncover is to remove the cover of an object.

As an adjective dispose

is organized, placed in a certain fashion, arranged.

dispose

English

(wikipedia dispose)

Verb

(dispos)
  • To eliminate or to get rid of something.
  • :
  • To distribute and put in place.
  • *1600 , (William Shakespeare), , act 4, scene III
  • *:Now, dear soldiers, march away: / And how thou pleasest, God, dispose the day!
  • *1811 , (Jane Austen), (Sense and Sensibility) , chapter 6
  • *:Marianne’s pianoforte was unpacked and properly disposed of, and Elinor’s drawing were affixed to the walls of their sitting rooms.
  • *1934 , (Rex Stout), edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 47:
  • *:I sat down within three feet of the entrance door, and I had no sooner got disposed than the door opened and a man came in.
  • To deal out; to assign to a use.
  • *(John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
  • *:what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor
  • To incline.
  • : (Used here intransitively in the passive voice)
  • *(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • *:Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose / To future good our past and present woes.
  • *(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
  • *:Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy.
  • *
  • *:At twilight in the summeron the floor.
  • (lb) To bargain; to make terms.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:She had disposed with Caesar.
  • (lb) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
  • *(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • *:the knightly forms of combat to dispose

    • Synonyms

    * incline * discard

    Antonyms

    * indispose * disincline

    Derived terms

    * disposition * disposal * dispose of

    uncover

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to remove the cover of an object
    • The model railway was uncovered .
  • To reveal the identity of
    • The murderer has finally been uncovered .
  • To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
  • * Milton
    • To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation.
  • To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of.
    • to uncover oneself

    Antonyms

    * cover up