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
Veil
Veil verb - To keep secret or shut off from view.
Usage example: a thicket of bushes veils the private beach from the road
Common collocations
| faces | reveal faces | veil faces |
Both words in one sentence
- She is brought forward on her horse and removes her veil to reveal a lovely young woman.
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When ODB pulled of Raisha Saeed's veil, her face was likewise obscured by her hair, so as not to reveal she was Cheerleader Melissa.
Source: Blinding Bangs -
In a Porky Pig cartoon called "Porky in Egypt", a harem girl removes her veil to reveal her ugly and unattractive face.
Source: Nightmare Face
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