discovery vs spying
spying vs discoverydiscovery and spying both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| discovery | Yes | No | No | No |
| spying | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
spying is a hyponym of
discovery; that is, spying is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
discovery:
- discovery: the act of discovering something
- spying: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
Other hyponyms of discovery include
tracing, catching, detection, espial, spotting, self-discovery, breakthrough, determination, finding, rediscovery.
| discovery (noun) | spying (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of discovering something | the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes |
| a productive insight | keeping a secret or furtive watch |
| something that is discovered | the act of detecting something; catching sight of something |
| (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case |
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