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Snoop vs Skulk - What's the difference?

snoop | skulk |

As verbs the difference between snoop and skulk

is that snoop is to be devious and cunning so as not to be seen while skulk is to conceal oneself; to hide.

As nouns the difference between snoop and skulk

is that snoop is the act of snooping while skulk is a group of foxes.

snoop

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.
  • To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others.
    • If I had not snooped on her, I wouldn't have found out that she lied about her degree.

    Related terms

    * snoop around

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of snooping
  • One who snoops
    • Be careful what you say around Gene because he's the bosses' snoop .
  • A private detective
    • She hired a snoop to find out if her husband was having an affair.

    References

    * 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988

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    skulk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A group of foxes.
    • (Wright)
  • One who skulks; a skulker.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to conceal oneself; to hide
  • * Dryden
    • Discovered and defeated of your prey, / You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
  • * 1852 , Charles Dickens, Bleak House ,
    • 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.
  • to sneak around, sneak about
  • * 1904 , Paul Laurence Dunbar,
    • Fully a dozen of the citizens had seen him hastening toward the woods and noted his skulking air [...]
  • to shirk; to avoid obligation