booby trap vs pitfall

booby trap

noun
  • An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall. 

  • An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object. 

  • A practical joke by which something is made to fall upon someone entering through a door, or the like. 

pitfall

noun
  • A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious. 

  • A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from. 

  • An antipattern. 

  • Subsidence below ground in a mine, which can cause the ground level above to drop. 

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