Cover
Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.
Grant
Grant verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.
Usage example: you will grant that she is difficult to work with
How words are described
| old | old cover | old grant |
| good | good cover | good grant |
| real | real cover | real grant |
| famous | famous cover | famous grant |
| Other adjectives: last, said. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Peter Grant is way macho in the US cover◊ of Midnight Riot / Rivers of London compared to the restrained 'arty' look of the British cover◊.
Source: American Kirby is Hardcore -
He later uses his grant program as a cover story when he recruits Peter Parker for his team.
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Concealment Equals Cover: The pilot film zig-zags the effectiveness of the idea that things that grant concealment being interchangeable with things that grant protection from attacks.
Source: Anime / Lupin III Pilot Film
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