different between stalker vs talker

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 talkere, equivalent to talk +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k?(?)

Noun

talker (plural talkers)

1. A person who talks, especially one who gives a speech, or is loquacious or garrulous.

   What this country needs is a smooth talker.

   That guy's a real talker.

2. Any creature or machine that talks.

   Some parrots are vociferous talkers.

3. (informal, media) A talk show
4. (informal, media) A talk-show host.
5. (informal, media) An all-talk radio station.
6. (informal, media) A popular topic of conversation.

   The royal engagement is likely to be a top talker right through the wedding.

7. (informal, politics) A talking point.
8. (Internet) A stripped-down version of a MUD which is designed for talking, predating instant messengers; a kind of early chat room.
9. (informal) Mouth.

Synonyms

• speaker

Derived terms

• nontalker
• shelf-talker
• straight talker
• table talker

See also

• talker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia