different between eager vs jager

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?i??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i???/
• Rhymes: -i???(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English egre, eger, from Old French egre (French aigre), from Latin acer (“sharp, keen”); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.

Alternative forms

• aigre (obsolete)
• eagre (obsolete)

Adjective

eager (comparative more eager, superlative most eager)

1. Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
   • 1887, John Keble, s:The Christian Year

     When to her eager lips is brought / Her infant's thrilling kiss.

   • a crowd of eager and curious schoolboys
2. (computing theory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

   an eager algorithm

3. (dated) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

   • gold itself will be sometimes so eager, (as artists call it), that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself

4. (obsolete) Sharp; sour; acid.
5. (obsolete) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

Synonyms

• keen
• raring
• fain (archaic)

Derived terms

• eager beaver
• eagerly
• eagerness

Translations

Etymology 2

See eagre.

Noun

eager (plural eagers)

1. Alternative form of eagre (tidal bore).

Further reading

• eager in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• eager in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• eager at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• aeger, agree, eagre, geare, æger

English

Noun

jager (plural jagers)

1. Alternative form of jaeger

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jager, from Old Dutch jageri. Equivalent to jagen +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ja???r/
• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): [?ja?x?r], [?ja???r]
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): [?ja???r]
• Hyphenation: ja?ger
• Rhymes: -a???r

Noun

jager m (plural jagers, diminutive jagertje n, feminine jaagster)

1. hunter
2. (nautical, military) destroyer (type of warship)
3. (aviation, military) fighter, combat aeroplane

   Synonym: jachtvliegtuig

4. (military) jaeger, light infantry rifleman, ranger

Derived terms

• jager-verzamelaar
• koopjesjager
• premiejager
• straaljager

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

jager

1. present of jage