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Veil vs Transparent - What's the difference?

veil | transparent |

As nouns the difference between veil and transparent

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 transparent is banner.

As a verb veil

is to don, or garb with, a veil.

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.

    Anagrams

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    transparent

    English

    (wikipedia transparent)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
    • The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped wastes there.
  • * 1897, , chapter 19,
    • "You make the glass invisible by putting it into a liquid of nearly the same refractive index; a transparent thing becomes invisible if it is put in any medium of almost the same refractive index."
  • (of a system or organization) Open]], public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby [[reduce, reducing the chance of corruption.
  • Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
    • His reasons for the decision were transparent .

    Usage notes

    * The term (translucent) is similar in meaning, but describes a material or object that diffuses light as it passes through. Looking through a transparent'' substance (such as a window), one can recognize objects on the other side. Looking through a ''translucent substance (such as frosted glass), one cannot see objects clearly, only light and shadow.

    Synonyms

    * see-through, diaphanous, clear, crystalline, limpid * (obvious) apparent, clear, obvious

    Antonyms

    * opaque * (obvious) obscure, opaque

    Derived terms

    * transparently * nontransparent

    Related terms

    * transparency * transparently * transparentness

    Coordinate terms

    * translucent