note vs veil

note

noun
  • A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune. 

  • A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. 

  • Reputation; distinction. 

  • A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. 

  • A short informal letter; a billet. 

  • A piece of paper money; a banknote. 

  • A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute. 

  • A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment 

  • A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes. 

  • A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. 

  • Observation; notice; heed. 

  • The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period. 

  • A diplomatic missive or written communication. 

  • A call or song of a bird. 

  • A critical comment. 

  • A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. 

  • A key of the piano or organ. 

  • That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work. 

  • An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse. 

verb
  • To denote; to designate. 

  • To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed. 

  • To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. 

  • To annotate. 

  • To set down in musical characters. 

  • To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary. 

veil

noun
  • An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation. 

  • A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom. 

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

  • A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum. 

  • Anything that partially obscures a clear view. 

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

  • The calyptra of mosses. 

  • That which separates the living and the spirit world. 

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

  • 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. 

verb
  • To dress in, or decorate with, a veil. 

  • To conceal as with a veil. 

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