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Lurking vs Ambush - What's the difference?

lurking | ambush |

As verbs the difference between lurking and ambush

is that lurking is while ambush is to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.

As nouns the difference between lurking and ambush

is that lurking is the act of one who lurks while ambush is the act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.

lurking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who lurks.
  • * 2011 , Christine Chism, Alliterative Revivals (page 99)
    • In these hunting scenes, as many critics have noted, the reversals, negotiations, lurkings , and evasions between hunter and prey mirror and frame the bedroom strategies of the Lady and Gawain.

    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.