Cover
Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.
Manifest
Manifest verb - To make known (something abstract) through outward signs.
Usage example: a frustration that is often manifested by a minor facial tic
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Part of the backstory involves various people around the world having drug-induced hallucinations of an entity referred to as "The Presence" which manifest as a giant spooky hand reaching down from the sky (shown on the album cover◊ and also in the spectrogram for the song "The Warning"◊).
Source: Creepily Long Arms - Although he can't manifest his Drood armor under such circumstances, he still has his family's expertise in unarmed combat, his cover-identity Shaman Bond's slate of arcane know-how and dirty tricks, and his own stubbornness and integrity to keep him going.
Source: Brought Down to Badass
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Manifest and Cover. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cover/manifest
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