different between eager vs twitcher

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

Etymology

twitch +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tw?t???(?)/
• Rhymes: -?t??(r)

Noun

twitcher (plural twitchers)

1. Someone or something that twitches.
2. An eager birdwatcher who is willing to travel long distances to see rare species. (See the Wikipedia article for origin.)

Translations

Anagrams

• witchert

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English twitcher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??.t??r/
• Hyphenation: twit?cher

Noun

twitcher m (plural twitchers)

1. twitcher (avid birdwatcher, esp. one who travels long distances to observe rare species)

Hypernyms

• vogelaar
• vogelkijker
• vogelspotter