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Predator vs Poacher - What's the difference?

predator | poacher |

As nouns the difference between predator and poacher

is that predator is any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms (their prey), primarily for food while poacher is a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches.

predator

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(wikipedia predator) (en noun)
  • any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms (their prey), primarily for food
  • someone who attacks and plunders for gain
  • a sexual predator
  • The woman was jailed after the judge called her a predator .

    Anagrams

    * * * * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , predator, predatori , predatora, predatora , predatoru, predatorima , predatora, predatore , predatore, predatori , predatoru, predatorima , predatorom, predatorima }}

    poacher

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches.
  • A vessel with shallow cuplike compartments in which eggs are cooked over boiling water
  • (soccer) An attacker with good movement inside the penalty box, see .
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=January 16 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.}}
  • Any of type of elongated fish in the Agonidae family, also known as alligatorfish, starsnout, hooknose and rockhead.
  • (US, dialect) The American wigeon.