Lurk vs. Stalk — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lurk and Stalk
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Lurk
To wait out of view
Thieves lurking in the shadows.
Stalk
A stem or main axis of a herbaceous plant.
Lurk
To move furtively; sneak
Heard him lurking along the corridor.
Stalk
A stem or similar structure that supports a plant part such as a flower, flower cluster, or leaf.
Lurk
To exist unobserved or unsuspected
Danger lurking around every bend.
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Stalk
A slender or elongated support or structure, as one that holds up an organ or another body part.
Lurk
To read but not contribute to the discussion in a newsgroup, chatroom, or other online forum.
Stalk
To pursue or track (prey) stealthily
The lions stalked the zebra from the tall grass.
Lurk
To remain concealed in order to ambush.
Stalk
To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.
Lurk
To remain unobserved.
Stalk
To go through (an area) in pursuit of prey or quarry.
Lurk
To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
Stalk
To walk with a stiff, haughty, or angry gait
Stalked off in a huff.
Lurk
(Internet slang) To read an Internet forum without posting comments or making one's presence apparent.
Stalk
To move threateningly or menacingly.
Lurk
To saddle (a person) with an undesirable task or duty.
Stalk
To track prey or quarry.
Lurk
The act of lurking.
Stalk
The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts.
A stalk of wheat, rye, or oats;
The stalks of maize or hemp
Lurk
(obsolete) A swindle.
Stalk
The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
Lurk
To lie hidden; to lie in wait.
Like wild beasts, lurking in loathsome den.
Let us . . . lurk privily for the innocent.
Stalk
Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
Lurk
To keep out of sight.
The defendant lurks and wanders about in Berks.
Stalk
(architectural element) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
Lurk
Lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
Stalk
One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
Lurk
Be about;
The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
Stalk
(zoology)
Lurk
Wait in hiding to attack
Stalk
A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.
Stalk
The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
Stalk
The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
Stalk
(metalworking) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
Stalk
A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.
Stalk
The hunting of a wild animal by stealthy approach.
Stalk
A haughty style of walking.
Stalk
(transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.
Stalk
(transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.Wp
My ex-girlfriend is stalking me.
Stalk
(intransitive) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.
Stalk
(intransitive) To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.
Stalk
(intransitive) To walk haughtily.
Stalk
The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
Stalk
That which resembles the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.
Stalk
An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
Stalk
One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
To climb by the rungs and the stalks.
Stalk
A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.
Stalk
An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
Stalk
A high, proud, stately step or walk.
Thus twice before, . . . With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch.
The which with monstrous stalk behind him stepped.
Stalk
The act or process of stalking.
When the stalk was over (the antelope took alarm and ran off before I was within rifle shot) I came back.
Stalk
To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; - sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.
Into the chamber he stalked him full still.
[Bertran] stalks close behind her, like a witch's fiend,Pressing to be employed.
Stalk
To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.
The king . . . crept under the shoulder of his led horse; . . . "I must stalk," said he.
One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk.
Stalk
To walk with high and proud steps; - usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step.
With manly mien he stalked along the ground.
Then stalking through the deep,He fords the ocean.
I forbear myself from entering the lists in which he has long stalked alone and unchallenged.
Stalk
To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.
As for shooting a man from behind a wall, it is cruelly like to stalking a deer.
Stalk
To follow (a person) persistently, with or without attempts to evade detection; as, the paparazzi stalk celebrities to get candid photographs; obsessed fans may stalk their favorite movie stars.
Stalk
Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
Stalk
A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
Stalk
A hunt for game carried on by stalking or waiting in ambush
Stalk
The act of following prey stealthily
Stalk
A stiff or threatening gait
Stalk
Walk stiffly
Stalk
Follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to;
Her ex-boyfriend stalked her
The ghost of her mother haunted her
Stalk
Go through (an area) in search of prey;
Stalk the woods for deer
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