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Veiling vs Cloaking - What's the difference?

veiling | cloaking | Related terms |

Veiling is a related term of cloaking.


As verbs the difference between veiling and cloaking

is that veiling is while cloaking is .

As nouns the difference between veiling and cloaking

is that veiling is the act of covering with a veil while cloaking is the act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.

veiling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of covering with a veil.
  • * 2011 , Gwen Seabourne, Imprisoning Medieval Women
    • there are several examples of forced veilings of noblewomen and queens from the early Middle Ages.
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    cloaking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.
  • * Strype
    • to take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings
  • * (Sir Walter Scott), Guy Mannering – or The Astrologer
    • I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings , his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times.
  • The material from which cloaks are made.