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Covert vs Espionage - What's the difference?

covert | espionage |

As nouns the difference between covert and espionage

is that covert is area of thick undergrowth where animals hide while espionage is the act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.

As an adjective covert

is hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.

covert

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , III.5:
    • Within that wood there was a covert glade, / Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne
  • * (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
    • to plant a covert alley
  • (figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • how covert matters may be best disclosed
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
    • whether of open war or covert guile
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.

    Synonyms

    * See also * feme covert

    Antonyms

    * overt

    Derived terms

    * covert stuttering

    Related terms

    * cover

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
  • (lb) A feather that covers others

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    espionage

    English

    Noun

  • The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.

    • Synonyms

    * spying

    Derived terms

    * counterespionage * industrial espionage

    Coordinate terms

    * reconnaissance * undercover