Cloak vs. Cowl: What's the Difference?

Cloak and Cowl Definitions
Cloak
A long, loose outer garment, usually having a hood and no sleeves.
Cowl
The hood or hooded robe worn especially by a monk.
Cloak
Something that covers or conceals
A cloak of secrecy.
Cowl
A cowl neck.
Cloak
To cover or conceal with a cloak or something that acts like a cloak
Mist that cloaks the mountains.
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Cowl
A hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney.
Cloak
A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
Cowl
The top portion of the front part of an automobile body, supporting the windshield and dashboard.
Cloak
A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness.
Cowl
The cowling on an aircraft.
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Cloak
(figurative) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
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Cowl
To cover with or as if with a cowl.
Cloak
(Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
Cowl
A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.
Cloak
(transitive) To cover as with a cloak.
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Cowl
A mask that covers the majority of the head.
Cloak
To cover up, hide or conceal.
Cowl
A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling.
Cloak
To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.
The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.
Cowl
A usually hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow.
Cloak
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.
Cowl
(nautical) A ship's ventilator with a bell-shaped top which can be swivelled to catch the wind and force it below.
Cloak
That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.
No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak.
Cowl
(nautical) A vertical projection of a ship's funnel that directs the smoke away from the bridge.
Cloak
To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.
Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter.
Cowl
(metonymy) A monk.
Cloak
Anything that covers or conceals
Cowl
A vessel carried on a pole, a soe.
Cloak
A loose outer garment
Cowl
A caul the amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth.
Cloak
Hide under a false appearance;
He masked his disappointment
Cowl
To cover with, or as if with, a cowl (hood).
Cowl
To wrap or form (something made of fabric) like a cowl.
Cowl
(transitive) To make a monk of (a person).
Cowl
(Yorkshire) To scrape together
Cowl
A monk's hood; - usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together.
What differ more, you cry, than crown and cowl?
Cowl
A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc.
Cowl
A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.
Cowl
A removable metal covering for an aircraft engine, providing streamlining to minimize wind resistance; - also called cowling.
Cowl
A covering for a chimney or other ventilating shaft functioning to increase the draft.
Cowl
A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water.
Cowl
Protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine;
There are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars
The mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine
Cowl
A loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)
Cowl
Cover with or as with a cowl;
Cowl the boys and veil the girls