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Spying vs Stalking - What's the difference?

spying | stalking |

As verbs the difference between spying and stalking

is that spying is present participle of lang=en while stalking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between spying and stalking

is that spying is espionage while stalking is hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambush.

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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    stalking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia stalking) (en noun)
  • Hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambush
  • The crime of following or harassing another person, causing him or her to fear death or injury
  • The removal of stalks from bunches of grapes prior to winemaking