Unseen vs Undercover - What's the difference?
unseen | undercover | Related terms |
Not seen or discovered.
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An examination involving material not previously seen or studied.
Performed or happening in secret.
Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation.
Unseen is a related term of undercover.
As adjectives the difference between unseen and undercover
is that unseen is not seen or discovered while undercover is performed or happening in secret.As nouns the difference between unseen and undercover
is that unseen is an examination involving material not previously seen or studied while undercover is a person who works.As a verb unseen
is .unseen
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(en adjective)Obama's once hip brand is now tainted, passage=Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.}}
Derived terms
* sight unseenEtymology 2
Verb
(head)- What has been seen cannot be unseen .
Noun
(en noun)- I have French and Latin unseens this summer.