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Espying vs Spying - What's the difference?

espying | spying |

As verbs the difference between espying and spying

is that espying is present participle of lang=en while spying is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun spying is

espionage.

espying

English

Verb

(head)

    • spying

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • espionage
  • * 1980 , Amélie Rorty, Explaining Emotions (page 472)
    • 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.

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