Sabotage vs. Espionage

Sabotagenoun

A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.

Sabotagenoun

(military) An act or acts with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of a country by willfully injuring or destroying, or attempting to injure or destroy, any national defense or war materiel, premises, or utilities, to include human and natural resources.

Sabotageverb

To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.

Sabotagenoun

Scamped work.

Sabotagenoun

any surreptitious destruction of property or obstruction of activity by persons not known to be hostile; - in war, such actions carried out behind enemy lines by agents or local sympathisers of the hostile power.

Sabotagenoun

a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged

Sabotageverb

destroy property or hinder normal operations;

Sabotage

Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, disruption, or destruction. One who engages in sabotage is a saboteur.

Espionagenoun

The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.

Espionagenoun

The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret emissaries; secret watching.

Espionagenoun

the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets

Espionage

Espionage or spying is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information. A person who commits espionage is called an espionage agent or spy.