Archer vs Hunter - What's the difference?
archer | hunter |
One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.
(historical, obsolete) The bishop in chess.
(arch)
One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
A dog used in hunting.
A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
* 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 480:
One who hunts or seeks after anything.
* Tennyson
A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.
As nouns the difference between archer and hunter
is that archer is one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow while hunter is one who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.As proper nouns the difference between archer and hunter
is that archer is sagittarius while Hunter is {{surname|A=An|occupational|from=occupations}} for a hunter.As an adjective archer
is comparative of arch.archer
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* bowman * crossbowman * marksman * toxophilite * toxotesDerived terms
* archeress * archerfish * archeryAdjective
(head)See also
* arrow * bow * quiver * Sagittarius * sagittary ----hunter
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Shakespeare)
- Henry, laughing, spurs away his hunter under the dripping trees.
- The hunter becomes the hunted.
- a fortune hunter
- No keener hunter after glory breathes.