Cover
Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.
Misrepresent and cover are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Misrepresent" instead a verb "Cover".
Misrepresent
Misrepresent verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.
Cover and misrepresent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead a verb "Misrepresent".
Nearby Words: misrepresentation, misrepresenting
Common collocations
| story | cover story | misrepresent story |
Both words in one sentence
- It was common in the Sixties and Seventies for the cover blurbs of mystery novels to completely misrepresent the story within.
Source: Covers Always Lie / Literature
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