Terms vs Pothunter - What's the difference?
terms | pothunter |
A person who hunts animals for food (for the pot) rather than as sport.
(sports, by extension) A person who competes solely to win prizes.
(archaeology) An amateur archaeologist, especially one who seeks artifacts to sell without regard to their cultural importance.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 12, author=Anthony Depalma, title=An Island in the Hudson, Plundered in Search of Indian Artifacts, work=New York Times
, passage=But hundreds, perhaps thousands of artifacts have been taken by amateur pothunters , whose activities can disturb the soil and ruin the chance of serious research. }}
As nouns the difference between terms and pothunter
is that terms is while pothunter is a person who hunts animals for food (for the pot) rather than as sport.pothunter
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