Clandestine vs Underground - What's the Difference?
Definition as Noun
- an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
- a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
Definition as Adjective
- conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Definition as Adjective
- under the level of the ground
- conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Definition as Adverb
- in or into hiding or secret operation
- beneath the surface of the earth
Examples
- "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
- "belowground storage areas"; "underground caverns"
- "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
- "the organization was driven underground"
- "water flowing underground"
- "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"