different between emissary vs espionage

English

Etymology

From French émissaire, from Latin emissarius (“agent, scout, spy”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??m??s??i/

Noun

emissary (plural emissaries)

1. An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
2. (anatomy) A venous channel in the skull.
3. An underground channel by which the water of a lake escapes.

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English

Etymology

Recorded since 1793, borrowed from French espionnage, from Middle French espionner (“to spy”), from Old French espion (“spy”), itself probably from a Germanic source (akin to Old High German spehon (“spy”)), possibly via Italian spione (from spia). More at spy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.pi.?.?n???/ enPR: ?s?-p?-?-näzh
  • (Canada) enPR: -n?zh, -nizh

Noun

espionage (countable and uncountable, plural espionages)

1. The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.
   • 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 16:

     So intolerable did Heavy Benson's espionage become, that Raynham would have grown depopulated of its womankind had not Adrian interfered, who pointed out to the Baronet what a fearful arm his butler was wielding.

Synonyms

• spying

Coordinate terms

• reconnaissance
• undercover

Derived terms

• counterespionage, counter-espionage
• industrial espionage

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