Flanger vs Flanker - What's the difference?
flanger | flanker |
(music) An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound.
(US) A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines.
(rugby) A player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
(American football) A wide receiver who lines up behind the line of scrimmage.
(military) A fortification or soldier projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body.
* (Washington Irving)
(obsolete) To defend by lateral fortifications.
(obsolete) To attack sideways.
As nouns the difference between flanger and flanker
is that flanger is (music) an electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound while flanker is (rugby) a player who plays in the back row of the scrum.As a verb flanker is
(obsolete) to defend by lateral fortifications.flanger
English
Noun
(en noun)flanker
English
Noun
(en noun)- They threw out flankers , and endeavored to dislodge their assailants.
Verb
(en verb)- (Evelyn)