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Hunter vs Nimrod - What's the difference?

hunter | nimrod |

As nouns the difference between hunter and nimrod

is that hunter is one who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman while nimrod is (chiefly|us|informal|pejorative) a silly or foolish person; an idiot.

hunter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
  • A dog used in hunting.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
  • * 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 480:
    • Henry, laughing, spurs away his hunter under the dripping trees.
  • One who hunts or seeks after anything.
    • The hunter becomes the hunted.
    a fortune hunter
  • * Tennyson
    • No keener hunter after glory breathes.
  • A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
  • A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.

    • Derived terms

    * fortune hunter * white hunter

    Related terms

    * hunted * hunting

    See also

    * ("hunter" on Wikipedia) ----

    nimrod

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, US, informal, pejorative) A silly or foolish person; An idiot.
    • Don't stick your fingers in the fan, you nimrod !

    Synonyms

    * (pejorative term meaning idiot ): doofus, fathead, lamebrain, numbskull * See also

    References

    * What exactly is a Nimrod? * The American Heritage Dictionary – nimrod English eponyms