Cover and Inform

Cover

Cover verb - Be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism.
Usage example: The cub reporter covered New York City

Inform and cover are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Inform" instead a verb "Cover".

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Inform

Inform verb - To give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities.

Cover and inform are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead a verb "Inform".

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

series cover series inform series
rest cover rest inform rest
time cover time inform time
characters cover characters inform characters
Other words: world.

Both words in one sentence

  • Petra lyricist Bob Hartman mentioned fans asking him "why they let Kiss cover their song." He would laugh and gently inform them that both were covers.
    Source: Covered Up
  • Series / Strike Back She breaks her cover to inform Pirogova and S20 that Li-Na and Kwon are hiring Russian muscle to help fulfil their plans to detonate a nuke at the UN in Vienna.
  • Series / Murphy Brown When one of the patrons wants to buy the painting (which he hasn't even seen, he's simply buying it because since two major critics are arguing over it and Murphy is there to cover it, it must be of great imporatnce), she tries to inform him it was painted by a child.
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