different between bushwhacker vs bushwalker

English

From bush +? whacker.

bushwhacker (plural bushwhackers)

(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
- 1967 April, Donald Keith, The Time Machine Hunts a Treasure, Boys' Life, page 51,
  She stared at us. “Hardly. You must be from far off, not to know about Quantrill?s raids. Last March the bushwhackers rode into Aubrey, shot every man in town, stole everything, burned down houses. […] ”
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
- 1977 September, Dave Hurteau, Air and Water, Field & Stream, page 90,
  We spent the rest of the day hopping from pond to pond with the bushwhackers, and we found them very suited for it.

From bush +? walker.

bushwalker (plural bushwalkers)

(Australia, New Zealand) A hiker or backpacker.
- 1997, Peter Prineas, Henry Gold, Wild Places: Wilderness in Eastern New South Wales, page 66,
  In the following years the Kanangra country became the object of a mild form of cult worship as bushwalkers discovered its many delights […] .
- 2007, Claire Smith, Heather Burke, Digging It Up Down Under: A Practical Guide to Doing Archaeology in Australia, page 98,
  There are numerous stories of bushwalkers spending several hours up a tree waiting for a wild pig to go away.

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