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Lurking vs Hiding - What's the difference?

lurking | hiding |

As verbs the difference between lurking and hiding

is that lurking is while hiding is .

As nouns the difference between lurking and hiding

is that lurking is the act of one who lurks while hiding is (uncountable) a state of concealment or hiding can be (colloquial|countable) a beating or spanking.

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.

    hiding

    English

    Etymology 1

    See (Etymology 1)

    Verb

    (head)
    • Derived terms
    * hiding place * in hiding

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) A state of concealment.
  • (countable) A place of concealment.

    • Etymology 2

    See (Etymology 2)

    Noun

  • (colloquial, countable) A beating or spanking.