different between wanger vs fanger

English

Alternative forms

• wonger

Etymology 1

From Middle English wangere, from Old English wangere (“pillow, bolster”), from Proto-Germanic *wang?rijaz, suffixed form of *wangij? (“pillow, cushion”), from Proto-Indo-European *wen?- (“neck, cheek”). Cognate with Old High German wangari (“pillow”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (waggari, “pillow”). Related to Old English wange (“cheek”). More at wang.

Noun

wanger (plural wangers)

1. (obsolete) A rest or cushion for the cheek; a pillow.

Etymology 2

Related to wang.

Noun

wanger (plural wangers)

1. (slang) The penis.
   • 2008, John Patrick, Country Boys City Boys (page 160)

     Just as he was about to plunge his wanger into Jonny, Jones arrived.

Anagrams

• Wagner, gnawer

English

Etymology

From Middle English fanger, equivalent to fang +? -er. Cognate with Old High German fangari (“fanger; one who takes”).

Noun

fanger (plural fangers)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A receiver.
2. (obsolete) A helper; protector.

Danish

Verb

fanger

1. present of fange

Noun

fanger

1. indefinite plural of fange

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian finger. Cognates include West Frisian finger.

Noun

fanger m (plural fangern)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) (anatomy) finger

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb fange +? -er

Noun

fanger m (definite singular fangeren, indefinite plural fangere, definite plural fangerne)

1. a person or object that catches something, literally a catcher

Derived terms

• hvalfanger
• solfanger
• støtfanger

Etymology 2

Noun

fanger m pl

1. indefinite plural of fange

Etymology 3

Verb

fanger

1. present of fange

See also

• fangar (Nynorsk)

References

• “fanger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “fanger” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).