Prowl vs Stealth - What's the difference?
prowl | stealth |
To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.
* Sir Philip Sidney
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To idle; to go about aimlessly.
(obsolete) To collect by plunder.
(uncountable) The attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.
(archaic, countable) An act of secrecy, especially one involving thievery.
* 1877 , George Hill, An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century , M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, page 352:
As nouns the difference between prowl and stealth
is that prowl is (colloquial) the act of prowling while stealth is (uncountable) the attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.As a verb prowl
is to rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.prowl
English
Verb
- He prowls each place, still in new colours decked.
- Watch the lioness prowling in the shrubbery for zebras.
- It's tough to sneak vandalism into Wikipedia as there are plenty of other users prowling the Recent Changes page.
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- That dandy has nothing better to do than prowl around town all day in his pinstripe suit.
- to prowl money
Derived terms
* on the prowl * prowl carDerived terms
* prowlerstealth
English
Noun
- [The King] thinks it fit[...] that restitution according to this order be made to the petitioners for stealths committed upon them last winter (273).