gawk

As nouns the difference between hawk and gawk

is that hawk is a diurnal predatory bird of the family accipitridae or hawk can be a plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard or hawk can be an effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise while gawk is a cuckoo or gawk can be a simpleton, stupid or clumsy person.

As verbs the difference between hawk and gawk

is that hawk is to hunt with a hawk or hawk can be to sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle or hawk can be (intransitive) to cough up something from one's throat while gawk is to stare or gape stupidly.

As nouns the difference between gawk and gawker

is that gawk is a cuckoo while gawker is someone who gawks, someone who stares stupidly.

As a verb gawk

is to stare or gape stupidly.