Hankers vs Cankers - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between hankers and cankers

is that hankers is third-person singular of hanker while cankers is third-person singular of canker.

plural of lang=en.

(head)

(hanker)

(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.

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

(head)

(head)

(canker)