Cover and Decoy

Cover

Cover noun - A piece placed over an open container to hold in, protect, or conceal its contents.

Decoy and cover are semantically related in blind topic. In some cases you can use "Decoy" instead a noun "Cover".

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Decoy

Decoy noun - Something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed.

Cover and decoy are semantically related in thing topic. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead a noun "Decoy", if it concerns topics such as blind.

Nearby Words: decoyed, decoying

How words are described

perfect perfect cover perfect decoy
single single cover single decoy
actual actual cover actual decoy
real real cover real decoy
Other adjectives: final.

Common collocations

part cover part decoy part

Both words in one sentence

  • Decoy Protagonist - The prologue to 13 Bullets features Jameson Arkley exclusively, as does the summary on the back cover.
  • Manga / Arata Kangatari Decoy Protagonist: This series's debut cover page on the magazine it's printed on would have you believe that the Arata from Amawakuni is the main character, but he isn't - it's Hinohara Arata, who's not even on the said cover.
  • Useful Notes / Abraham Lincoln In Englishman it transpires that the Lincoln who was assassinated was a decoy, to cover up for the fact that he had been abducted by aliens.
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