different between gurrier vs hurrier

English

Origin uncertain; the following possible etymologies have been suggested:

From Scottish English gurry (“a brawl; to dispute; to growl, grumble”) +? -er (suffix indicating a person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb).
From French guerrier (“warrior”).

gurrier (plural gurriers) (Ireland, chiefly Dublin, slang, derogatory)

(dated) A street urchin. [from 1950s]
A loutish young man; a ruffian. [from 1950s]
Synonyms: bowsie, gouger, hooligan, lout, scanger

hurry +? -er

hurrier (plural hurriers)

A person who hurries.
(Britain, obsolete) A young boy or girl employed in a coal mine to drag baskets or small wagons full of coal from the coal face where it was mined, up to the surface.

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