Cover
Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.
Trail
Trail verb - To go after or on the track of.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| better | better cover | better trail |
| similar | similar cover | similar trail |
| front | front cover | front trail |
| fake | fake cover | fake trail |
| Other adjectives: light, actual, blue, white, said, red, nearest. | ||
Common collocations
| series | cover series | trail series |
Both words in one sentence
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In League of Legends, one of Talon's abilities allows him to brutally stab an enemy, which causes them to leave behind a trail of blood that lets him track them even as they enter cover (like bushes)
Source: Trail of Blood - That was "The Trail of Glory", which would cover the alternate Cherokee migration, the riots in New Orleans that are alluded to in "The Arkansas War", and how many of black freedmen ended up moving to Arkansas.
Source: Literature / Trail of Glory -
Undercover as Lovers: While having them trail a pickpocket, Hyoma tells Yuuto and Miu that their cover is going to be pretending to be lovers and makes them hold hands.
Source: Visual Novel / Dracu-Riot!
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