Skulk vs Prowl - What's the difference?
skulk | prowl |
to conceal oneself; to hide
* Dryden
* 1852 , Charles Dickens, Bleak House ,
to sneak around, sneak about
* 1904 , Paul Laurence Dunbar,
to shirk; to avoid obligation
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.
As nouns the difference between skulk and prowl
is that skulk is a group of foxes while prowl is the act of prowling.As verbs the difference between skulk and prowl
is that skulk is to conceal oneself; to hide while prowl is to rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.skulk
English
Verb
(en verb)- Discovered and defeated of your prey, / You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
- Behind dingy blind and curtain, in upper story and garret, skulking more or less under false names, false hair, false titles, false jewellery, and false histories, a colony of brigands lie in their first sleep.
- Fully a dozen of the citizens had seen him hastening toward the woods and noted his skulking air [...]
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
