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Spying vs Bugging - What's the difference?

spying | bugging |

As verbs the difference between spying and bugging

is that spying is while bugging is .

As nouns the difference between spying and bugging

is that spying is espionage while bugging is electronic surveillance.

spying

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • espionage
  • * 1980 , Amélie Rorty, Explaining Emotions (page 472)
    • There are two ways in which the obsessive character of jealousy tends to exert itself: one is in the need to know, the endless tests and investigations and spyings that are so characteristic of jealousy.

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    bugging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • electronic surveillance
  • * 1993 , John H. Davis, The Kennedys: Dynasty and Disaster (page 486)
    • The buggings executed by the FBI not only revealed a great deal about the Cosa Nostra's activities, they also revealed a great deal about how the Cosa Nostra felt about the Kennedys.