Clandestine vs. Tryst: What's the Difference?
Clandestine and Tryst Definitions
Clandestine
Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
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
Tryst
An agreement between lovers to meet at a certain time and place.
Clandestine
Kept or done in secret, often to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
Tryst
A usually private meeting or meeting place that has been agreed on by lovers.
Clandestine
Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
Clandestine military operations
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Tryst
To keep a tryst.
Clandestine
Not recognized as a regular member.
Tryst
A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.
Clandestine
Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage.
Tryst
(obsolete) A mutual agreement, a covenant.
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Tryst
A market fair, especially a recurring one held on a schedule, where livestock sales took place.
Tryst
(intransitive) To make a tryst; to agree to meet at a place.
Tryst
(transitive) To arrange or appoint (a meeting time etc.).
Tryst
(intransitive) To keep a tryst, to meet at an agreed place and time.
Tryst
Trust.
Tryst
An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst.
The tenderest-hearted maidThat ever bided tryst at village stile.
Tryst
To trust.
Tryst
To agree with to meet at a certain place; to make an appointment with.
Tryst
To mutually agree to meet at a certain place.
Tryst
A date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
Tryst
A secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)