Spy vs Superspy - What's the difference?
spy | superspy |
A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
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To spot; to catch sight of.
* Jonathan Swift
* Latimer
To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
* Shakespeare
To explore; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country.
* Bible, Numbers xxi. 32
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to barf (US), throw up, vomit, spew (also figurative )
A glamorous, important spy.
* 1989 , Reeva S Simon, The Middle East in Crime Fiction
* 1994 , Howard Prouty, Variety TV Reviews 1991-92
* 2007', Deborah Abela, ''Max Remy '''Superspy : The French Code
As nouns the difference between spy and superspy
is that spy is a person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage) while superspy is a glamorous, important spy.As a verb spy
is to act as a spy.spy
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(spies)Travels and travails, passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
Derived terms
* spy ringVerb
- During the Cold War, Russia and America would each spy on each other for recon.
- I think I can spy that hot guy coming over here.
- One in reading, skipped over all sentences where he spied a note of admiration.
- Look about with your eyes; spy what things are to be reformed in the church of England.
- It is my nature's plague / To spy into abuses.
- Moses sent to spy Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof.
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* spy onSee also
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Noun
(superspies)- ...the beginning of the end of Israeli superspy hegemony in spy fiction.
- Well, at least they look good, especially after escaping from the clutches of the superspy baddies.
- The three superspies soon discover that the answer involves mysterious codes, secret graveyard meetings, underground torture chambers in medieval castles...