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Unseen vs Sneaking - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between unseen and sneaking

is that unseen is past participle of lang=en while sneaking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between unseen and sneaking

is that unseen is an examination involving material not previously seen or studied while sneaking is the act of one who sneaks.

As an adjective unseen

is not seen or discovered.

unseen

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not seen or discovered.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)
    • , volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Obama's once hip brand is now tainted , passage=Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.}}
  • Unskilled; inexperienced.
    • Derived terms
    * sight unseen

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
    • What has been seen cannot be unseen .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An examination involving material not previously seen or studied.
    • I have French and Latin unseens this summer.

    sneaking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who sneaks.
  • * 1915 , Charmian London, The Log of the Snark (page 108)
    • Then there was much mirth and banter over the swift sneakings for home of certain men carrying large portions of puarka .