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Lunger vs Lunker - What's the difference?

lunger | lunker |

As nouns the difference between lunger and lunker

is that lunger is a person who lunges or lunger can be (slang) a person afflicted with a disease of the lungs, especially one suffering from tuberculosis while lunker is (us) anything, especially a game fish, that is especially large for its type; a whopper.

lunger

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who lunges.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A person afflicted with a disease of the lungs, especially one suffering from tuberculosis.

    • References

    * * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

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    lunker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) Anything, especially a game fish, that is especially large for its type; a whopper.