Forager vs Hunter - What's the difference?
forager | hunter |
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 forager and hunter
is that forager is an animal or person who forages while hunter is one who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.As a proper noun Hunter is
{{surname|A=An|occupational|from=occupations}} for a hunter.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.