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Spying vs Scouting - What's the difference?

spying | scouting |

As nouns the difference between spying and scouting

is that spying is espionage while scouting is the act of one who scouts.

As a verb spying

is .

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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    scouting

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Scouting

    Noun

  • The act of one who scouts.
  • * 1935 , State Publication (issues 136-145, page 73)
    • Careful scoutings by the State Department of Agriculture and Markets were made in 1935, to determine the limits of invasion
  • The
  • The activities of boy scouts and girl scouts.