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Revealing vs Revelation - What's the difference?

revealing | revelation |

As nouns the difference between revealing and revelation

is that revealing is something revealed; a revelation while revelation is the act of revealing or disclosing.

As an adjective revealing

is of clothing: allowing more than is usual to be seen.

As a verb revealing

is present participle of lang=en.

As a proper noun Revelation is

the final book of the New Testament of the Bible.

revealing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of clothing: allowing more than is usual to be seen.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something revealed; a revelation.
  • * 1836 , William Tait, ?Mrs. Christian Isobel Johnstone, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 3, page 113)
    • In these letters, and the remembered conversations, we have fuller revealings of the inner man, greater depth of discovery into that vast and labyrinthine mind

    revelation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia revelation) (en noun)
  • The act of revealing or disclosing.
  • Something that is revealed.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.
  • Something dramatically disclosed.
  • (theology) A manifestation of divine truth.
  • A great success.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 21, author=Jonathan Jurejko, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Newcastle 3-0 Stoke , passage=The 26-year-old has proved a revelation since his £10m move from Freiburg, with his 11 goals in 10 matches hauling Newcastle above Spurs, who went down to Adel Taarabt's goal in Saturday's late kick-off at Loftus Road.}}

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