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incognito | hidden |

As adjectives the difference between incognito and hidden

is that incognito is without being known; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title while hidden is that has been moved out of sight. Invisible or unapparent.

As an adverb incognito

is without revealing one's identity.

As a noun incognito

is one unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.

As a verb hidden is

past participle of lang=en.

incognito

English

Adjective

(-)
  • without being known; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title.
  • * 1891 , Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal In Bohemia :
    • "But you can understand," said our strange visitor, sitting down once more and passing his hand over his high white forehead, “you can understand that I am not accustomed to doing such business in my own person. Yet the matter was so delicate that I could not confide it to an agent without putting myself in his power. I have come incognito from Prague for the purpose of consulting you.”

    Usage notes

    This term is said especially of great personages who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoid notice.

    Quotations

    * 'Twas long ago/Since gods come down incognito. —Prior. * The prince royal of Persia came thither incognito. —Tatler.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Without revealing one's identity.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.
  • The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.

    • Quotations

    * His incognito was endangered. —.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    hidden

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That has been moved out of sight. Invisible or unapparent.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
    • , section=chapter 7, title= 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.}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= 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.}}
  • Obscure.
  • That has been hidden.

    • Synonyms

    * See

    Antonyms

    * See