Encompass vs Conceal - What's the difference?
encompass | conceal | Related terms |
To form a circle around; to encircle.
To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.
To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.
To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.
(lb) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed .
Encompass is a related term of conceal.
As verbs the difference between encompass and conceal
is that encompass is to form a circle around; to encircle while conceal is (lb) to hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.encompass
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(es)- This book on English grammar encompasses all irregular verbs.
- Drake encompassed the globe.