counterintelligence vs intelligence

counterintelligence and intelligence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
counterintelligence	Yes	No	No	No
intelligence	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, intelligence is a hypernym of counterintelligence; that is, intelligence is a word with a broader meaning than counterintelligence:

counterintelligence: intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism
intelligence: the operation of gathering information about an enemy

Other hypernyms of counterintelligence include intelligence activity, intelligence operation.

counterintelligence (noun)	intelligence (noun)
intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism	the operation of gathering information about an enemy
	the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
	information about recent and important events
	secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy)
	a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy

counterintelligence vs intelligence

counterintelligence and intelligence both are nouns.

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