Varnish vs Disguise - What's the difference?
varnish | disguise |
A type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film.
Anything resembling such a paint; glossy appearance.
* Macaulay
(by extension) A deceptively showy appearance.
* Shakespeare
To apply varnish.
To cover up with varnish.
To gloss over a defect.
Attire (e.g. clothing, makeup) used to hide one's identity or assume another.
(figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what's beneath.
The act of disguising, notably as a ploy
To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.
* Macaulay
To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.
(archaic) To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.
* Spectator
In lang=en terms the difference between varnish and disguise
is that varnish is to gloss over a defect while disguise is to avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.As nouns the difference between varnish and disguise
is that varnish is a type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film while disguise is attire (eg clothing, makeup) used to hide one's identity or assume another.As verbs the difference between varnish and disguise
is that varnish is to apply varnish while disguise is to change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.varnish
English
Noun
(es)- the varnish of the holly and ivy
- And set a double varnish on the fame / The Frenchman gave you.
Verb
(es)Anagrams
* ----disguise
English
Noun
(en noun)- ''That cape and mask complete his disguise .
- ''Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.
Synonyms
* camouflage * guise * mask * pretenseVerb
- Spies often disguise themselves.
- Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner.
- He disguised his true intentions.
- I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship.
