Hiding vs Hideaway - What's the difference?
hiding | hideaway |
(uncountable) A state of concealment.
(countable) A place of concealment.
(colloquial, countable) A beating or spanking.
a hiding place, somewhere you can go to get away from other people
Capable of being stored out of sight when not in use.
* 1980 , Making of America Project, House Beautiful: Volume 122
* 2006 , Dr Ben Lerner, Angle of Yaw (page 53)
As nouns the difference between hiding and hideaway
is that hiding is (uncountable) a state of concealment or hiding can be (colloquial|countable) a beating or spanking while hideaway is a hiding place, somewhere you can go to get away from other people.As a verb hiding
is .As an adjective hideaway is
capable of being stored out of sight when not in use.hiding
English
Etymology 1
See (Etymology 1)Verb
(head)Derived terms
* hiding place * in hidingNoun
(en-noun)Etymology 2
See (Etymology 2)Noun
hideaway
English
Noun
(en noun)- This weekend, let's find some romantic hideaway on the coast.
Adjective
(-)- Furnishings by Stanley Furniture Co. include a trundle bed with hideaway mattress that provides space for two overnight guests.
- Thomas Jefferson, who held the first United States patent on a hideaway bed, devised a system of elevating and securing the bed to the ceiling.