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Spymaster vs Spookmaster - What's the difference?

spymaster | spookmaster |

As nouns the difference between spymaster and spookmaster

is that spymaster is the leader of a group of spies while spookmaster is (slang) a spymaster.

spymaster

English

Noun

(wikipedia spymaster) (en noun)
  • The leader of a group of spies

    • See also

    *ringleader

    spookmaster

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A spymaster.
  • * 1990 , Carol Squiers, The Critical Image
    • ...the jocular antics of a Hollywood-trained Ronald Reagan during photo ops were let down by the duller visuals provided by a former CIA spookmaster .
  • * 2000 , Gerald Nachman, Raised on Radio
    • The original series, which premiered in 1934 and didn't switch the lights back on until 1939, was the brainchild of a near-forgotten spookmaster ...
  • * 2007 , Charles Stross, Halting State
    • Jack glances at you sidelong while the middle-aged spookmaster is fumbling to articulate whatever it is he's got stuck in his mind.