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Veiled vs Shrouded - What's the difference?

veiled | shrouded |

As adjectives the difference between veiled and shrouded

is that veiled is hidden, such as by a veil while shrouded is wearing, or provided with a shroud.

As verbs the difference between veiled and shrouded

is that veiled is past tense of veil while shrouded is past tense of shroud.

veiled

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Hidden, such as by a veil.
  • His veiled threat was terrifying.

    Synonyms

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    Verb

    (head)
  • (veil)
  • Anagrams

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    shrouded

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Wearing, or provided with a shroud.
  • Concealed or hidden from sight, as if by a shroud.
  • *
  • *: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.
  • Derived terms

    * shrouded gear * shrouded propeller

    Verb

    (head)
  • (shroud)