Conceal vs. Secrete — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Conceal and Secrete
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Conceal
To keep from being observed or discovered; hide. ]
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Secrete
To generate and release (a substance) from a cell or a gland
Secrete hormones.
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Conceal
(transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
He tried to conceal the truth about his health.
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Secrete
To conceal in a hiding place; cache
"He secreted valuables away in cupboards and beneath the mattress" (Michael Crummey). ].
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Conceal
To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing.
Declare ye among the nations, . . . publish and conceal not.
He which finds him shall deserve our thanks, . . . He that conceals him, death.
Bur double griefs afflict concealing hearts.
Both dissemble deeply their affections.
We have in these words a primary sense, which reveals a future state, and a secondary sense, which hides and secretes it.
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Secrete
Separated.
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Conceal
Prevent from being seen or discovered;
Muslim women hide their faces
Hide the money
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Secrete
Archaic form of secret
A secrete breach, a secrete bed (Spenser)
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Conceal
Hold back; keep from being perceived by others;
She conceals her anger well
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Secrete
To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
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Secrete
To exude or yield.
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Secrete
(transitive) To conceal.
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Secrete
To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.
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Secrete
To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion.
Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not know.
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Secrete
Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids;
Secrete digestive juices
Release a hormone into the blood stream
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Secrete
Place out of sight; keep secret;
The money was secreted from his children
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