Cover
Cover verb - To keep secret or shut off from view.
Usage example: covered the foxhole with grass and leaves
Display
Display verb - To present so as to invite notice or attention.
Usage example: display the best items at the front of the showcase
Nearby Words: displayed, displaying
How words are described
| full | full cover | full display |
| best | best cover | best display |
| elaborate | elaborate cover | elaborate display |
| perfect | perfect cover | perfect display |
| Other adjectives: complete, standard, original, light, simple, actual, entire, real, main, awesome. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Outcries from outraged record store proprietors refusing to display the album forced their hand into censoring their own cover art.
Source: Contemptible Cover -
Smith sees Talas with her headscarf off, she blushes and tries to cover herself and apologizes for the "shocking display".
Source: Manga / A Bride's Story -
One of the group collages in the official art for Azure Dreams (used on the cover of the OST among others) has Nico display this.
Source: Underboobs
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