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Hunter vs Treestand - What's the difference?

hunter | treestand |

As nouns the difference between hunter and treestand

is that hunter is one who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman while treestand is an open or enclosed platform secured to trees to provide a vantage point for hunters.

As a proper noun Hunter

is {{surname|A=An|occupational|from=occupations}} for a hunter.

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) ----

    treestand

    English

    Alternative forms

    * tree stand

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An open or enclosed platform secured to trees to provide a vantage point for hunters.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 22, author=Scott Bowen, title=Hunting Expands. So Does Camouflage. Can You See a Pattern Here?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage="If you're in a treestand , you need to think specifically about what kind of tree you're hunting from, so you can match the camo correctly," said Burch, a 30-year-old iron worker, who grew up hunting the Missouri woods near the town of Montrose, where he now lives. }}