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Masked vs Conceal - What's the difference?

masked | conceal |

As verbs the difference between masked and conceal

is that masked is (mask) while conceal is (lb) to hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

As an adjective masked

is wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden.

masked

English

Alternative forms

* masqued (archaic)

Verb

(head)
  • (mask)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden.
  • (botany) personate
  • (zoology) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.

    • Derived terms

    * masked ball * masked battery * masked crab * masked pig

    conceal

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lb) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
  • :
  • *
  • *: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 .

    • Related terms

    * concealing, concealed

    Synonyms

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    Antonyms

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