Hunter vs Stalker - What's the difference?
hunter | stalker |
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.
A person who engages in stalking. Originally meant a tracker and hunter or guide of game.
A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.
Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting.
A kind of fishing net.
As nouns the difference between hunter and stalker
is that hunter is one who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman while stalker is a person who engages in stalking. Originally meant a tracker and hunter or guide of game.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.