How is Snooping different from Eavesdropping?

Q. How is Snooping different from Eavesdropping?

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Snooping, where the network traffic can be stored for later analysis, eavesdropping is an unauthorised real-time interception or monitoring of private communication between two entities over a network.

For example: - In eavesdropping, imagine someone listening to your private conversation with the help of a hidden microphone in your room or by physically standing near the window of your room. However, in snooping, that person may make a copy of a letter that is addressed to your friend and keep the copy with himself and send the original letter to the intended address.