Cover
Surface
Surface noun - An outer part or layer.
Usage example: the surface of just about everything in the kitchen was covered with soot after we put the grease fire out
Cover is a synonym for surface in activity topic. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead the word "Surface" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as external part of something.
How words are described
| high | high cover | high surface |
| inside | inside cover | inside surface |
| solid | solid cover | solid surface |
| original | original cover | original surface |
| Other adjectives: blank, actual, entire, real, hard, blue, black, dark, white, new, last, available, nearby, nearest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has an impenetrable cloud cover that separates the residents of Skyloft from the surface.
Source: The Wall Around the World - However, for the longest time his "official" depiction in the cover art showed him to be as pale-skinned as any surface elf.
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Stock Aesops: Never judge a book by its cover—almost no one in this book is what they seem on the surface.
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