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Snoop vs Snooper - What's the difference?

snoop | snooper |

As nouns the difference between snoop and snooper

is that snoop is the act of snooping while snooper is a person who snoops.

As a verb snoop

is to be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.

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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    snooper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who snoops.

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