Subterfuge vs Warlpiri - What's the difference?
subterfuge | warlpiri |
(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.
An Aboriginal language, mainly spoken in Central Australia and belonging to the Western Desert language group (Pama-Nyungan subfamily).
As a noun subterfuge
is an indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and politics.As a proper noun Warlpiri is
an Aboriginal language, mainly spoken in Central Australia and belonging to the Western Desert language group (Pama-Nyungan subfamily).subterfuge
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.}}
