Difference between Hide and Conceal

What is the difference between Hide and Conceal?

Hide as a verb is to put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight. while Conceal as a verb is to hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

Hide

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The skin of an animal. A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them. A medieval land measure equal to the amount of land that could sustain one free family; usually 100 acres. Forty hides equalled a barony.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight. To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.

Example sentence: The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Conceal

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

Example sentence: It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.

We hope you now know whether to use Hide or Conceal in your sentence.

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