Enigmatic vs Hidden - What's the difference?
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Pertaining to an enigma.
Mysterious.
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*:Serene, smiling, enigmatic , she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
Defying description.
(variant) Enigmatical.
That has been moved out of sight. Invisible or unapparent.
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That has been hidden.
As adjectives the difference between enigmatic and hidden
is that enigmatic is pertaining to an enigma while hidden is that has been moved out of sight. Invisible or unapparent.As a verb hidden is
past participle of lang=en.enigmatic
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Alternative forms
* (archaic) * (obsolete) * enigmatick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)hidden
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)The Lonely Pyramid, passage=It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood.}}
It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}