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Hideout vs Ambush - What's the difference?

hideout | ambush |

As nouns the difference between hideout and ambush

is that hideout is a place to hide while ambush is the act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.

As a verb ambush is

to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.

hideout

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A place to hide
    • They'll never find us in this makeshift hideout we've got in the woods

    See also

    * bunker * hideaway

    ambush

    English

    Noun

    (ambushes)
  • The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
  • An attack launched from a concealed position.
  • * Milton
    • Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege / Or ambush from the deep.
  • The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
  • * Bible, Josh. viii. 19
    • The ambush arose quickly out of their place.

    Derived terms

    * ambush marketing * ambush journalism

    Verb

    (es)
  • To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
  • * Dryden
    • By ambushed men behind their temple laid / We have the king of Mexico betrayed.
  • To attack by ambush; to waylay.