The difference between Reveal and Revel

When used as nouns, reveal means the outer side of a window or door frame, whereas revel means an instance of merrymaking.

When used as verbs, reveal means to uncover, whereas revel means to make merry.

check bellow for the other definitions of Reveal and Revel

  1. Reveal as a noun:

    The outer side of a window or door frame; the jamb.

  2. Reveal as a noun (cinematography, comedy):

    A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden.

    Examples:

    "The comedian had been telling us about his sleep being disturbed by noise. Then came the reveal: he was sleeping on a bed in a department store."

  3. Reveal as a noun (chiefly, UK, Australia, NZ, obsolete in the US):

    The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb.

  1. Reveal as a verb (transitive):

    To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.

  2. Reveal as a verb (transitive):

    To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.

  1. Revel as a noun:

    An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.

  2. Revel as a noun:

    A kind of dance.

  3. Revel as a noun:

    A wake for the dead.

  1. Revel as a verb:

    To make merry; to have a gay, lively time.

  2. Revel as a verb:

    To take delight (in something).

  1. Revel as a verb (obsolete):

    To draw back; to retract.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Harvey"

  1. Revel as a noun (architecture):

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