Mystery vs Surreptitious - What's the difference?
mystery | surreptitious |
Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
*{{quote-book, year=1927, author=
, chapter=4, title= Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.
* (Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=5 (label) A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.
A secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated.
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Stealth]]y, furtive, [[hidden, well hidden, covert (especially movements).
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1
As a noun mystery
is something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.As an adjective surreptitious is
stealth]]y, furtive, [[hidden|well hidden, covert (especially movements).mystery
English
Noun
(mysteries)F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.}}
- If God should please to reveal unto us this great mystery of the Trinity, or some other mysteries in our holy religion, we should not be able to understand them, unless he would bestow on us some new faculties of the mind.
citation, passage=Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery .}}
Synonyms
* roun (obsolete)Derived terms
* mysterious * mystery playReferences
* Mysteries: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch15.htmsurreptitious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.}}