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Beckon vs Beckoner - What's the difference?

beckon | beckoner |

As nouns the difference between beckon and beckoner

is that beckon is a sign made without words; a beck while beckoner is one who, or that which, beckons.

As a verb beckon

is (ambitransitive) to wave and/or to nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.

beckon

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) To wave and/or to nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.
  • * Dryden
    • His distant friends, he beckons near.
  • * Shakespeare
    • It beckons you to go away with it.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sign made without words; a beck.
  • * Bolingbroke
    • At the first beckon .

    beckoner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, beckons.