Camouflage and Shadow

Camouflage

Camouflage verb - To change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity.

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Shadow and camouflage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shadow" instead a verb "Camouflage".

Nearby Words: camouflaged, camouflaging

Shadow verb - To make dark, dim, or indistinct.

Usage example: thickening clouds shadowed the countryside

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Camouflage and shadow are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Camouflage" instead a verb "Shadow".

Nearby Words: shade, shady, shadowy, shadowed, shadowing

full	full camouflage	full shadow
pure	pure camouflage	pure shadow
perfect	perfect camouflage	perfect shadow
visible	visible camouflage	visible shadow
Other adjectives: actual, real, great, little, dark, novel, magic, permanent, classic, different, pink, giant.

The trope is flirted with in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Identity Crisis, in which an alien parasite is discovered by its shadow since the magic camouflage it inflicts its hosts with doesn't work against spotlights.

Source: Living Shadow
There's also the walking stick, which has camouflage skills so advanced it fades in and out of reality on trees, unless you see its tiny shadow.

Source: Pixel Hunt
Shadow also is the only character in the game that has a permanent camouflage, perfect for his profession.

Source: Cold Sniper

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