Cover
Cover verb - To keep secret or shut off from view.
Usage example: covered the foxhole with grass and leaves
Show
Show verb - To present so as to invite notice or attention.
Usage example: fishing for compliments, the neighbors showed their new SUV to everyone on the block
How words are described
| live | live cover | live show |
| old | old cover | old show |
| good | good cover | good show |
| full | full cover | full show |
| Other adjectives: best, similar, original, fake, light, single, popular, actual, entire, real, main, famous, new, final, last, said. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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While the cover does show a scene that can happen (the octopus is a bonus boss), your character will not get their clothes torn off and nearly raped like this cover would have you believe.
Source: Fanservice Cover -
The alternate covers for all the Convergence titles show a close-up of a DC character's face fading into a solid colour (the same colour for each week's titles) which takes up one half of the cover.
Source: Minimalistic Cover Art -
The Police: Outlandos d'Amour and Synchronicity show the band on the album cover.
Source: Face on the Cover
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