Angler vs. Hooker — What's the Difference?

A person who fishes with a rod and line

A single-masted fishing smack used off the coast of Ireland.

One who fishes with a hook.

An old worn-out or clumsy ship.

A scheming person.

One that hooks.

An anglerfish.

(Slang) A prostitute.

A person who fishes with a hook and line.

A drink of undiluted hard liquor

An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.

One who, or that which, hooks.

Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.

A small fishing boat.

A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc.

Any antiquated craft.

One who angles.

(rugby) A player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.

A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.

(cricket) A batsman or batswoman adept at or fond of playing hook shots.

A scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage

A crocheter.

A fisherman who uses a hook and line

Synonym of hook

Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey

A thief who uses a pole with a hook on the end to steal goods.

A prostitute.

An imprecise measure of alcoholic drink; a "slug" (of gin), or an overlarge gulp.

One who, or that which, hooks.

A Dutch vessel with two masts.

United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)

English theologian (1554-1600)

A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets

A golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers)

(rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot