Nebulous vs Veiled - What's the difference?
nebulous | veiled | Related terms |
In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
Vague or ill-defined.
* 1915 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
Relating to a nebula or nebulae.
Hidden, such as by a veil.
(veil)
Nebulous is a related term of veiled.
As adjectives the difference between nebulous and veiled
is that nebulous is in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy while veiled is hidden, such as by a veil.As a verb veiled is
(veil).nebulous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The magistrate could not possibly, on the evidence, have held them for a higher court. On the one hand the compositors and pressmen were forced to admit that the light was uncertain, that they were themselves much perturbed, and that it was difficult for them to swear to the identity of the assailants; although they believed that the accused were among them. Cross examined by the clever attorney who had been engaged by McGinty, they were even more nebulous in their evidence.
Anagrams
*veiled
English
Adjective
(head)- His veiled threat was terrifying.
