Sneaking vs Covert - What's the difference?
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The act of one who sneaks.
* 1915 , Charmian London, The Log of the Snark (page 108)
Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , III.5:
* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
(figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
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As nouns the difference between sneaking and covert
is that sneaking is the act of one who sneaks while covert is area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.As a verb sneaking
is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective covert is
hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.sneaking
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Then there was much mirth and banter over the swift sneakings for home of certain men carrying large portions of puarka .
covert
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Within that wood there was a covert glade, / Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne
- to plant a covert alley
- how covert matters may be best disclosed
- whether of open war or covert guile
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