Difference between Furtive and Covert

What is the difference between Furtive and Covert?

Furtive as an adjective is stealthy while Covert as an adjective is partially hidden, disguised, secret, surreptitious.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: stealthy Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Partially hidden, disguised, secret, surreptitious.Covered.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.

Example sentence: Decisions concerning covert actions are not often easily reached.

We hope you now know whether to use Furtive or Covert in your sentence.