different between stalker vs hunter

English

Etymology

From Middle English stalkere, equivalent to stalk +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k?(?)
• Homophone: stocker (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

stalker (plural stalkers)

1. A person who engages in stalking, i.e. quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting game.
2. A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.
3. Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting.
4. Any bird that walks with a stalking motion.
5. (obsolete) A kind of fishing net.

Synonyms

• (a person who stalks game): tracker
• (a person who secretly follows someone): prowler

Translations

Anagrams

• talkers

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English stalker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?stalk?r]
• Hyphenation: stal?ker

Noun

stalker m anim

1. A stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions).

Declension

Further reading

• stalker in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• stalker in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English stalker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?l.k?r/
• Hyphenation: stal?ker

Noun

stalker m (plural stalkers, diminutive stalkertje n)

1. A stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions).

Related terms

• stalken
• stalking

English

Etymology

From Middle English hunter, huntere, honter, equivalent to hunt +? -er. Compare Old English hunta (“hunter”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?nt?/, [?h????]
• Hyphenation: hun?ter
• Rhymes: -?nt?(r)

Noun

hunter (plural hunters, feminine huntress)

1. One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
2. A dog used in hunting.
3. A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
   • 1857-1859, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians

     a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster

   • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 480:

     Henry, laughing, spurs away his hunter under the dripping trees.

4. One who hunts or seeks after anything.

   The hunter becomes the hunted.

   a fortune hunter

   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine

     No keener hunter after glory breathes.

5. (psychology) A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.

   Coordinate term: howler

   • 2008, J. Reid Meloy, Lorraine Sheridan, Jens Hoffmann, Stalking, Threatening, and Attacking Public Figures (page 121)

     Although their behavior does not have the same impact as hunters, howlers nevertheless distract the public figure and compel security and law enforcement […]

   • 2015, Steve Albrecht, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities

     Hunters stalk their targets, make detailed plans, acquire and practice with weapons, and try to hurt or kill people. Howlers make bomb threats to schools, malls, churches, businesses, and government offices.

6. A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
7. A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.

Hyponyms

• fortune hunter
• headhunter
• white hunter

Derived terms

• demi-hunter
• half-hunter
• headhunter

Related terms

• hunted
• hunting

Translations

See also

• hunter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Etymology

From hunten +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hunt?r/

Noun

hunter (plural hunters)

1. hunter

Descendants

• English: hunter