Incognito vs Mystery - What's the difference?
incognito | mystery |
without being known; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title.
* 1891 , Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal In Bohemia :
Without revealing one's identity.
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.
Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
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* (Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=5 (label) A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.
A secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated.
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As nouns the difference between incognito and mystery
is that incognito is one unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name while mystery is something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.As an adjective incognito
is without being known; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title.As an adverb incognito
is without revealing one's identity.incognito
English
Adjective
(-)- "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
(-)Noun
(en noun)Quotations
* His incognito was endangered. —.Anagrams
* ----mystery
English
Noun
(mysteries)F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.}}
- If God should please to reveal unto us this great mystery of the Trinity, or some other mysteries in our holy religion, we should not be able to understand them, unless he would bestow on us some new faculties of the mind.
citation, passage=Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery .}}