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Acrobatics vs Stealth - What's the difference?

acrobatics | stealth |

As nouns the difference between acrobatics and stealth

is that acrobatics is the art of performing acrobatic gymnastic feats while stealth is (uncountable) the attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.

acrobatics

English

Noun

(wikipedia acrobatics) (-)
  • The art of performing acrobatic gymnastic feats.
  • A spectacular display of agility.
  • stealth

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.
  • (archaic, countable) An act of secrecy, especially one involving thievery.
  • * 1877 , George Hill, An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century , M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, page 352:
  • [The King] thinks it fit[...] that restitution according to this order be made to the petitioners for stealths committed upon them last winter (273).

    Derived terms

    * stealth bomber * stealth fighter * stealthy