Veil vs Scarf - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between veil and scarf is that veil is something hung up, or spread out, to hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphanous material, to hide or protect the face while scarf is a long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck. As verbs the difference between veil and scarf is that veil is to don, or garb with, a veil while scarf is to throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
veil English
Noun
( en noun)
Something hung up, or spread out, to hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphanous material, to hide or protect the face.
* Bible, Matthew xxvii. 51
- The veil of the temple was rent in twain.
* Milton
- She, as a veil down to the slender waist, / Her unadorned golden tresses wore.
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
* Shakespeare
- [I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page.
* 2007 . Zerzan, John. Silence . p. 4.
- Beckett complains that "in the forest of symbols" there is never quiet, and longs to break through the veil of language to silence.
The calyptra of mosses.
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul; a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil; a Moslem veil.
(zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of medusa)
(mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
Verb
To don, or garb with, a veil.
To conceal as with a veil.
- The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.
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scarf Etymology 1
Probably from . [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scarf?s=t]. The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun
(en-noun)
A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=2 citation
, passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}
A headscarf.
(dated) A neckcloth or cravat.
Verb
( en verb)
To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
* 1599-1601 , (William Shakespeare), (Hamlet), Act 5, Scene 2:
- My sea-gown scarfed about me.
To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
Etymology 2
(the first two definitions)
Of uncertain origin. Possibly from (etyl) skarfr, derivative of .
Noun
( en noun)
A type of joint in woodworking.
A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.
Synonyms
* (l)
Verb
( en verb)
To shape by grinding.
To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent metal plates, metal rods, etc.
To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
Etymology 3
Of imitative origin, or a variant of scoff. Alternatively from (etyl) .
Verb
( en verb)
(transitive, US, slang) To eat very quickly.
- You sure scarfed that pizza.
Usage notes
The more usual form in the UK is scoff.
Derived terms
* scarf down
Etymology 4
Icelandic (skarfr)?
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