Mask vs. Masque — What's the Difference?

A covering made of fibre or gauze and fitting over the nose and mouth to protect against air pollutants, or made of sterile gauze and worn to prevent infection of the wearer or (in surgery) of the patient.

The masque was a form of festive courtly entertainment that flourished in 16th- and early 17th-century Europe, though it was developed earlier in Italy, in forms including the intermedio (a public version of the masque was the pageant). A masque involved music and dancing, singing and acting, within an elaborate stage design, in which the architectural framing and costumes might be designed by a renowned architect, to present a deferential allegory flattering to the patron.

A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance, or entertainment. Masks have been used since antiquity for both ceremonial and practical purposes, as well as in the performing arts and for entertainment.

A dramatic entertainment, usually performed by masked players representing mythological or allegorical figures, that was popular in England in the 1500s and early 1600s.

A covering for all or part of the face, worn as a disguise, or to amuse or frighten others.

A dramatic verse composition written for such an entertainment.

A face pack

See masquerade.

A likeness of a person's face moulded or sculpted in clay or wax.

A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song.

A manner or expression that hides one's true character or feelings

Words and music written for a masque.

A piece of material such as card used to cover a part of an image that is not required when exposing a print.

A masquerade.

A patterned metal film used in the manufacture of microcircuits to allow selective modification of the underlying material.

Archaic form of mask

The enlarged labium of a dragonfly larva, which can be extended to seize prey.

A facial mask.

Cover (the face) with a mask

Archaic form of mask

Conceal (something) from view

A mask; a masquerade.

Cover (an object or surface) so as to protect it during painting

A party of guests wearing costumes and masks

A covering, as of cloth, that has openings for the eyes, entirely or partly conceals the face, and is worn especially at a masquerade ball.

A grotesque or comical representation of a face, worn especially to frighten or amuse, as at Halloween.

A facial covering worn for ritual.

A figure of a head worn by actors in Greek and Roman drama to identify a character or trait and to amplify the voice.

A protective covering for the face or head.

A gas mask.

A usually rubber frame forming a watertight seal around the eyes and nose and containing a transparent covering for use in seeing underwater.

A covering for the nose and mouth that is used for inhaling oxygen or an anesthetic.

A covering worn over the nose and mouth, as by a surgeon or dentist, to prevent infection.

A mold of a person's face, often made after death.

An often grotesque representation of a head and face, used for ornamentation.

An area of contrasting color on the face and usually across the eyes of an animal.

The head, face, or muzzle of certain animals, such as a fox or a dog.

A face having a blank, fixed, or enigmatic expression.

Something, often a trait, that disguises or conceals

A natural or artificial feature of terrain that conceals and protects military forces or installations.

An opaque border or pattern placed between a source of light and a photosensitive surface to prevent exposure of specified portions of the surface.

The translucent border framing a television picture tube and screen.

(Computers) A pattern of characters, bits, or bytes used to control the elimination or retention of another pattern of characters, bits, or bytes.

A cosmetic preparation that is applied to the face and allowed to dry before being removed, used especially for cleansing and tightening the skin.

Variant of masque.

A person wearing a mask.

To cover (the face, for example) with a decorative or protective mask.

To cover in order to conceal, protect, or disguise

To make indistinct or difficult to perceive

To conceal by dissembling

(Chemistry) To prevent (an atom or a group of atoms) from taking part in a normal reaction.

To put on a mask, especially for a masquerade ball.

To conceal one's real personality, emotion, or intention.

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.

That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.

A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.

A person wearing a mask.

(obsolete) A dramatic performance in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.

(architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.

(fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.

(fortification) A screen for a battery.

(zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.

A flat covering used to block off an unwanted portion of a scene or image.

A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.

(computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.

(heraldry) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.

(psychology) A social phenomenon where autistic people learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical.

Mesh

The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.

Mash.

(transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.

(transitive) To disguise as something else.

(transitive) To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide.

To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.

To cover or keep in check.

(intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.

(intransitive) To wear a mask.

To disguise oneself, to be disguised in any way.

(intransitive) To conceal or disguise one's autism.

(transitive) to cover or shield a part of a design or picture in order to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting

To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.

To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit.

To mash.

(brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.

To be infused or steeped.

To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.

To bewilder; confuse.

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.

A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show.

A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.

A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; - called also mascaron.

In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.

The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.

A person wearing a mask; a masker.

The head or face of a fox.

To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.

To disguise; to cover; to hide.

To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.

To take part as a masker in a masquerade.

To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.

A covering to disguise or conceal the face

Activity that tries to conceal something;

A party of guests wearing costumes and masks

A protective covering worn over the face

Hide under a false appearance;

Put a mask on or cover with a mask;

Cover with a sauce;

Shield from light