Difference between Obscure and Veil

What is the difference between Obscure and Veil?

Obscure as a verb is to darken, make faint etc. while Veil as a verb is to don, or garb with, a veil.

Obscure

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To darken, make faint etc. To hide, put out of sight etc.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Dark, faint or indistinct. Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous, Difficult to understand.

Example sentence: Never be so brief as to become obscure.

Veil

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To don, or garb with, a veil.To conceal as with a veil.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphanous material, to hide or protect the face.A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.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.Same as velum, 4.A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.

Example sentence: Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'

We hope you now know whether to use Obscure or Veil in your sentence.

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