Cloak vs. Cowl: What's the Difference?

A long, loose outer garment, usually having a hood and no sleeves.

The hood or hooded robe worn especially by a monk.

Something that covers or conceals

A cowl neck.

To cover or conceal with a cloak or something that acts like a cloak

A hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney.

A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.

The top portion of the front part of an automobile body, supporting the windshield and dashboard.

A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.

The cowling on an aircraft.

(figurative)  That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.

To cover with or as if with a cowl.

(Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.

A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.

(transitive) To cover as with a cloak.

A mask that covers the majority of the head.

To cover up, hide or conceal.

A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling.

To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.

A usually hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow.

A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.

(nautical) A ship's ventilator with a bell-shaped top which can be swivelled to catch the wind and force it below.

That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.

(nautical) A vertical projection of a ship's funnel that directs the smoke away from the bridge.

To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.

(metonymy) A monk.

Anything that covers or conceals

A vessel carried on a pole, a soe.

A loose outer garment

A caul the amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth.

Hide under a false appearance;

To cover with, or as if with, a cowl (hood).

To wrap or form (something made of fabric) like a cowl.

(transitive) To make a monk of (a person).

(Yorkshire) To scrape together

A monk's hood; - usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together.

A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc.

A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.

A removable metal covering for an aircraft engine, providing streamlining to minimize wind resistance; - also called cowling.

A covering for a chimney or other ventilating shaft functioning to increase the draft.

A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water.

Protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine;

A loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)

Cover with or as with a cowl;