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Spying vs Stalker - What's the difference?

spying | stalker |

As nouns the difference between spying and stalker

is that spying is espionage while stalker is stalker (a person who engages in stalking).

As a verb spying

is .

spying

English

Verb

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    • 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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    stalker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who engages in stalking. Originally meant a tracker and hunter or guide of game.
  • A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.
  • Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting.
  • A kind of fishing net.

    • Synonyms

    * (a person who stalks game) tracker * (a person who secretly follows someone) prowler

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