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Ulterior vs Undisclosed - What's the difference?

ulterior | undisclosed |

As adjectives the difference between ulterior and undisclosed

is that ulterior is situated beyond, or on the farther side while undisclosed is not disclosed; kept secret.

ulterior

English

Alternative forms

* ulteriour (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Situated beyond, or on the farther side.
  • Beyond what is obvious or evident.
  • Being intentionally concealed so as to deceive.
  • * 1956–1960 , (second edition, 1960), chapter ii: “Motives and Motivation”, page 32:
    • Motives, of course, may be mixed; but this only means that a man aims at a variety of goals by means of the same course of action. Similarly a man may have a strong motive or a weak one, an ulterior motive or an ostensible one.
  • (label) Happening later; subsequent.
  • :an ulterior action
  • * 1840 , in The Chemist , volume 1, page 141:
    • A rather deep red coloration, which appears by the action of the first bubbles of chlorine, but which soon disappears by the ulterior action of this gas

    Usage notes

    Ulterior is primarily used today to mean impure, covert, external motives, and generally not opposed to etymological antonyms. In the comparative sense “beyond, farther”, the Latin antonym is , which is not used in English (compare (m)/(m) for “nearest/farthest (cause etc.)”). In the sense “after, subsequent”, it can be opposed to (m), but the sense “after” is now archaic (compare (m)/(m) for “first/last”).

    Derived terms

    * ulterior motive

    Antonyms

    *

    Related terms

    * ultimate * ultra * ultra-

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    undisclosed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not disclosed; kept secret.