Viel vs. Veil — What's the Difference?

Viel is the sixth studio album of the German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier. It peaked at No.

A veil is an article of clothing or hanging cloth that is intended to cover some part of the head or face, or an object of some significance. Veiling has a long history in European, Asian, and African societies.

A length of cloth worn over the head, shoulders, and often the face, especially by women.

A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or hair worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.

A length of protective netting worn over the face by beekeepers.

The part of a nun's headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders.

The life or vows of a nun

Any of various cloth head coverings worn by Muslim women.

A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain.

Something that conceals, separates, or screens like a curtain

(Biology) A membranous covering or part, as that on the developing fruiting body of certain mushrooms; a velum.

To cover with or as if with a veil

To conceal or disguise

To wear a veil.

Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.

(figurative) Anything that partially obscures a clear view.

A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.

A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)

(biology) The calyptra of mosses.

(zoology) velum A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa.

(mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.

(mycology) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.

An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.

That which separates the living and the spirit world.

(transitive) To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.

(transitive) To conceal as with a veil.

Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.

A cover; a disguise; a mask; a pretense.

The calyptra of mosses.

A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.

Same as Velum, 3.

To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.

Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.

A garment that covers the head and face

The inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

A vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl

To obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil;

Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing;