Disguise
Disguise verb - To change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity.
Usage example: the spies disguised themselves as harmless tourists
Nearby Words: disguised, disguising
Reveal
Reveal verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).
Usage example: at the end of the book, the detective reveals the identity of the mysterious stranger
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Vampires in Night Watch look like this, when they shed their human disguise and reveal their true appearance.
- Similar to the above, in Murder by Death Lionel Twain takes off his Latex Perfection disguise to reveal that he's really the blind butler - who then takes off his Latex Perfection disguise to reveal that he's really the deaf maid.
Source: Reverse Relationship Reveal -
In Team Fortress 2 you can take off your disguise as a member of the other team to reveal a tuxedo, although the tux is there regardless of whether or not you took off a disguise.
Source: Spy-Tux Reveal
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