Dander vs Danker - What's the difference?
dander | danker |
Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.
Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs.
(slang) Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".
To wander about.
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To maunder, to talk incoherently.
(dank)
dark, damp and humid.
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(figuratively) highly potent
As a noun dander
is dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.As a verb dander
is to wander about.As an adjective danker is
comparative of dank.dander
English
(wikipedia dander)Etymology 1
Alteration of dandruffNoun
(-)Etymology 2
(en)Noun
(-)- He'll get his dander up if his team is criticized.
- She has her dander up every day about discrimination against women.
See also
* knee-jerk (Passion, temper, anger)Etymology 3
Alteration of dandle or daddleVerb
(en verb)- So as neither of them were particularly pressed for time, as it happened, and the temperature refreshing since it cleared up after the recent visitation of Jupiter Pluvius, they dandered along past by where the empty vehicle was waiting without a fare or a jarvey
Derived terms
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English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
* * * * *dank
English
Adjective
(er)- The dank cave was chilly and spooky.
- Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire.
- Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground.
- That was very dank marijuana.