Cower vs Hunker - What's the difference?
cower | hunker |
To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
* Dryden
* Goldsmith
As verbs the difference between cower and hunker
is that cower is to crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear or cower can be (obsolete|transitive) to cherish with care while hunker is to crouch or squat close to the ground.As a noun hunker is
(dated) a political conservative.cower
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) kuren or from Scandinavian ((etyl) . Unrelated to coward, which is of Latin origin.Verb
(en verb)- He'd be useless in war. He'd just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.
- Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire.
- Like falcons, cowering on the nest.