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Hanker vs Yanker - What's the difference?

hanker | yanker |

As a verb hanker

is to crave, want or desire.

As a noun yanker is

someone who yanks, or gives a sudden hard pull.

hanker

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To crave, want or desire.
  • If you hanker for chocolate, you'll like this fudge recipe.
  • *2012 , The Economist, 13 Oct 2012, Butlers: Very good, sir
  • *:[...] the newly rich hanker after old aristocratic glitz.
  • Usage notes

    * Usually used with for, as in the example above; after may also be used.

    Anagrams

    *

    yanker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who yanks, or gives a sudden hard pull
  • * {{quote-book, year=1991, author=Lindsley , title=The Prospect of Detachment, page=62, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=3smz5UYvQboC&pg=PA62
  • , passage=He's a yanker of braids, a tousler of bangs
  • (Scotland) A brazen lie
  • * {{quote-book, year=1822, title=The Three Perils of Man, author=James Hogg, page=330, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=yrkBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA330
  • , passage="Ay, billy, that is a yanker !" said Tam aside : " When ane is gaun to tell a lie, there's naething like telling a plumper at aince, and being done wi't}}

    Synonyms

    * puller

    See also

    * yankee English agent nouns