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Stalking vs Shadowing - What's the difference?

stalking | shadowing |

As verbs the difference between stalking and shadowing

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

As nouns the difference between stalking and shadowing

is that stalking is hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambush while shadowing is the effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.

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

    • shadowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.
  • Speech shadowing is when an individual repeats speech as they hear it immediately without delay (usually through earphones).
  • (espionage) Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance.
  • A faint representation; an adumbration.
    • There are in savage theology shadowings , quaint or majestic, of the conception of a Supreme Deity. — Tylor.
  • (computing) The technique of copying ROM contents to RAM to allow for shorter access times. The ROM chip is then disabled while the initialized memory locations are switched in on the same block of addresses.