Espionage vs Spying - What's the difference?
espionage | spying |
The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.
espionage
* 1980 , Amélie Rorty, Explaining Emotions (page 472)
Spying is a synonym of espionage.
As nouns the difference between espionage and spying
is that espionage is the act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means while spying is espionage.As a verb spying is
present participle of lang=en.espionage
English
Noun
Synonyms
* spyingDerived terms
* counterespionage * industrial espionageCoordinate terms
* reconnaissance * undercoverspying
English
Verb
(head)Noun
- There are two ways in which the obsessive character of jealousy tends to exert itself: one is in the need to know, the endless tests and investigations and spyings that are so characteristic of jealousy.