Berserker vs. Berserk — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Berserker and Berserk
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Berserker
In the Old Norse written corpus, berserker were those who were said to have fought in a trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the modern English word berserk (meaning "furiously violent or out of control"). Berserkers are attested to in numerous Old Norse sources.
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Berserk
Out of control with anger or excitement; wild or frenzied
A man went berserk with an arsenal of guns
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Berserker
One of a band of ancient Norse warriors legendary for their savagery and reckless frenzy in battle.
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Berserk
Destructively or frenetically violent
A berserk worker who started smashing all the windows.
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Berserker
(historical) A Norse warrior who purportedly fought in a trance-like frenzy; a berserk.
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Berserk
Mentally or emotionally upset; deranged
Berserk with grief.
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Berserker
(by extension)
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Berserk
(Informal) Unrestrained, as with enthusiasm or appetite; wild
Berserk over chocolates.
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Berserker
One who fights as if frenzied, like a berserker.
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Berserk
One that is violent, upset, or unrestrained.
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Berserker
(science fiction) A type of von Neumann probe whose mission is to exterminate alien lifeforms.
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Berserk
A berserker.
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Berserker
One of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
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Berserk
(historical) berserker
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Berserk
Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.
After seeing his sister stabbed to death, he went berserk and attacked the killer like a wild animal.
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Berserk
(by extension)
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Berserk
Bizarre; weird.
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Berserk
Wildly joyous; ecstatic.
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Berserk
One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds.
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Berserk
One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.
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Berserk
Frenzied; crazed; usually in predicate position.
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Berserk
One of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
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Berserk
In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon;
The soldier was completely amuck
Berserk with grief
A berserk worker smashing windows
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