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Skulk vs Stalker - What's the difference?

skulk | stalker |

As nouns the difference between skulk and stalker

is that skulk is a group of foxes while stalker is stalker (a person who engages in stalking).

As a verb skulk

is to conceal oneself; to hide.

skulk

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group of foxes.
    • (Wright)
  • One who skulks; a skulker.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to conceal oneself; to hide
  • * Dryden
    • Discovered and defeated of your prey, / You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
  • * 1852 , Charles Dickens, Bleak House ,
    • Behind dingy blind and curtain, in upper story and garret, skulking more or less under false names, false hair, false titles, false jewellery, and false histories, a colony of brigands lie in their first sleep.
  • to sneak around, sneak about
  • * 1904 , Paul Laurence Dunbar,
    • Fully a dozen of the citizens had seen him hastening toward the woods and noted his skulking air [...]
  • to shirk; to avoid obligation

    • stalker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who engages in stalking. Originally meant a tracker and hunter or guide of game.
  • A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.
  • Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting.
  • A kind of fishing net.

    • Synonyms

    * (a person who stalks game) tracker * (a person who secretly follows someone) prowler

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