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Furtive vs Collusive - What's the difference?

furtive | collusive | Synonyms |

Furtive is a synonym of collusive.


As adjectives the difference between furtive and collusive

is that furtive is stealthy while collusive is secretly acting together for a fraudulent or illegal purpose.

furtive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • stealthy
  • Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
  • * 1949 , George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four , p31
    • But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his memory was not satisfactorily under control.

    Synonyms

    * (stealthy) surreptitious * See also

    Derived terms

    * furtively * furtiveness

    collusive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • secretly acting together for a fraudulent or illegal purpose

    • Anagrams

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