Stealth vs Subterfuge - What's the difference?
stealth | subterfuge |
(uncountable) The attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.
(archaic, countable) An act of secrecy, especially one involving thievery.
* 1877 , George Hill, An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century , M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, page 352:
(countable) An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and politics.
* 2010 , (Clare Vanderpool), (Moon Over Manifest)
*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
, title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered
, volume=100, issue=2, page=87
, magazine=(American Scientist)
(uncountable) Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity.
In uncountable terms the difference between stealth and subterfuge
is that stealth is the attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others while subterfuge is deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity.stealth
English
Noun
- [The King] thinks it fit[...] that restitution according to this order be made to the petitioners for stealths committed upon them last winter (273).
Derived terms
* stealth bomber * stealth fighter * stealthysubterfuge
English
(wikipedia subterfuge)Noun
- Overt subterfuge in a region nearly caused a minor accident.
- How’s the spy hunt going? Uncovered any subterfuge ?
citation, passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge —a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}
