Spoored vs Spoofed - What's the difference?
spoored | spoofed |
(spoor)
The track, trail, droppings or scent of an animal
* 1971 , William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead , page 10
*1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
*:Even poor Nobs appeared dejected as we quit the compound and set out upon the well-marked spoor of the abductor.
Parodied.
(of an email) Made to appear to have come from someone other than the real sender.
(spoof)
* 2005': Nowhere in “Spamalot” is traditional stage naturalism more brilliantly '''spoofed than when King Arthur and his faithful servant, the well-named Patsy (the excellent Michael McGrath), first ride into view. — ''The New Yorker , 28 March 2005
As verbs the difference between spoored and spoofed
is that spoored is (spoor) while spoofed is (spoof).As an adjective spoofed is
parodied.spoored
English
Verb
(head)spoor
English
Noun
(en-noun)- Now he has picked up the spoor of drunken vomit and there is the doll sprawled against a wall, his pants streaked with urine.