As nouns the difference between tackler and hackler
is that tackler is a footballer who tackles another while hackler is a worker who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle; a flax-dresser.
tackler
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A footballer who tackles another.
(weaving, dated, British) A person who repairs weaving looms.
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hackler
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A worker who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle; a flax-dresser