Shrouded vs Conspiratorial - What's the difference?
shrouded | conspiratorial | Related terms |
Wearing, or provided with a shroud.
Concealed or hidden from sight, as if by a shroud.
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*:She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.
(shroud)
Pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators.
* {{quote-book
, year=1960
, author=
, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter X
, passage=I pressed the button and he appeared, giving me, as he entered, the sort of conspiratorial' glance the acting secretary of a secret society would have given a friend on the membership roll. “Oh, Swordfish,” I said, having given him a '''conspiratorial''' glance in return, for one always likes to do the civil thing, “this is Mr Herring, who has come to join our little group.” He bowed from the waist, not that he had much waist. [...] “And when you have got him installed, perhaps I could have a word with you in your pantry,” I said, giving him a '''conspiratorial''' glance. “Certainly, sir,” he responded, giving me a '''conspiratorial''' glance. It was one of those big evenings for ' conspiratorial glances.}}
Shrouded is a related term of conspiratorial.
As adjectives the difference between shrouded and conspiratorial
is that shrouded is wearing, or provided with a shroud while conspiratorial is pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators.As a verb shrouded
is (shroud).shrouded
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* shrouded gear * shrouded propellerVerb
(head)conspiratorial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His conspiratorial whispers were soft, but that just attracted more attention.