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Parker vs Barker - What's the difference?

parker | barker |

As nouns the difference between parker and barker

is that parker is a Parker-brand pen while barker is someone or something who barks.

As a proper noun Parker

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

parker

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • for a gamekeeper.
  • , transferred from the surname.

    • Derived terms

    * Parkeresque * Parkerian * Parkerism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Parker-brand pen.
  • * 1969 , Laurie Lee, As I walked out one midsummer morning
    • At most street corners one would be offered exotic items of merchandise unavailable anywhere else in Spain - mouldy chocolate, laddered stockings, damp American cigarettes, leaky Parkers , and fake Swiss watches.

    See also

    * nosey parker

    barker

    English

    (wikipedia barker)

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone or something who s.
  • A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
  • A shelf-talker.
  • (video games) A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.
  • (slang, dated) A pistol.
    • (Charles Dickens)
  • The spotted redshank.
    • Synonyms
    * spruik * tout

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person that removes the from wood, or prepares it for use in tanning.
    • The profession of barker has been made largely obsolete by the introduction of more effective tanning agents, but it lives on as a surname.
  • A machine used to remove the bark from wood.
    • Run these logs through the barker so we can use them as fence posts.
    ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun