different between packer vs paker

English

Etymology

From Middle English pakker, pakkere, packare, equivalent to pack +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pæk?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pæk?/
• Rhymes: -æk?(?)
• Hyphenation: pack?er

Noun

packer (plural packers)

1. A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation

   He works as a pork packer.

   a household goods packer

   When his back problems kept him from lifting furniture, his skill as a packer kept him employed.

2. (computing) A software program that compresses code or data.
3. (US) A ring of packing or a special device to render gastight and watertight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well.
4. (LGBT) An artificial penis or similar object worn by a drag king, trans man, etc., inside the trousers.
5. (New Zealand) An object inserted to hold a space open for the purpose of alignment; a spacer or shim.
6. (dated) A kind of trunk for luggage.

Derived terms

• fudge packer

Translations

Anagrams

• repack

Middle English

Noun

packer

1. Alternative form of pakker

English

Noun

paker (plural pakers)

1. (obsolete) A vagrant, stroller

References

• 1949, John Dover Wilson (compiler), Life in Shakespeare's England. A Book of Elizabethan Prose, Cambridge at the University Press. 1st ed. 1911, 2nd ed. 1913, 8th reprint. In Glossary and Notes. Quoted in plural (pakers)

Anagrams

• Parke, Pekar, Perak, Repka

Indonesian

Etymology

From Madurese [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pak?r]
• Hyphenation: pa?kêr

Adjective

paker

1. (Madura) too bitter.

   Synonym: pahit

Further reading

• “paker” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.