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What is the difference between stealthy and stealth?

stealthy | stealth |

Stealth is a derived term of stealthy.



As an adjective stealthy

is characterized by or resembling stealth or secrecy.

As a noun 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.

stealthy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Characterized by or resembling stealth or secrecy.

    • Synonyms

    * sneaking * undercover * concealed * See also

    Derived terms

    * stealthiness

    stealth

    English

    Noun

  • (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:
    • [The King] thinks it fit[...] that restitution according to this order be made to the petitioners for stealths committed upon them last winter (273).

    Related terms

    * steal

    Derived terms

    * stealth bomber * stealth fighter * stealthy