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Acker vs Yacker - What's the difference?

acker | yacker |

As nouns the difference between acker and yacker

is that acker is while yacker is (informal) one who talks at length.

acker

English

Etymology 1

Origin unknown; perhaps a variant of (eagre).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water.
  • * 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 436:
    • The wide lovely lake lay in dreamy serenity, fretted with green undulations, ruffed with blue, patched with glades of lucid smoothness between the ackers [...].

    Etymology 2

    Variant forms.

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • References

    * G. A. Cooke, The County of Devon

    Anagrams

    * ----

    yacker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) One who talks at length.
  • * 1961 , Electronics world: Volume 65
    • Watch Those Lengthy Conversations: Stick to the 5-minute rule. How many times have you heard yackers say, "Well, I guess we"ve used up our five" when they've been talking for an hour.