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Quacker vs Quaker - What's the difference?

quacker | quaker |

As nouns the difference between quacker and quaker

is that quacker is one who quacks while Quaker is a believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.

quacker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who quacks.
  • *1901–1947 : Benjamin Albert Botkin, A Treasury of New England Folklore: Stories, Ballads, and Traditions of the Yankee People
  • *:The decoy was what the townsman who had lent it to him called a "first-class quacker ." The decoy quacked and swam about [...]
  • (slang) A playing card with the rank of two; a duck.

    • References

    *Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

    quaker

    English

    Etymology 1

    A name given to members of the in England when, in his defense, the leader of the Society said that the English judge would be the one to quake with fear before God on his Day of Judgment.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, Quaker gun , Quakerism , Quakerly}}

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) One who plays any games.