What's the difference between spanker and sparker?

Spanker


Definition:

  • (n.) One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking.
  • (n.) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See Illust. under Sail.
  • (n.) One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast horse.
  • (n.) Something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as a stout or tall person.
  • (n.) A small coin.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I was watching with my parents and a girlfriend in our small living room in Fife, a long way from the lifestyles of movers and shakers (and spankers) like Tynan.
  • (2) He seemed to bid farewell to the stage as a touring Prospero in The Tempest in 2003, but returned unexpectedly in 2010 as the military relic Adolphus Spanker in Nicholas Hytner's mellow National Theatre revival of Dion Boucicault's London Assurance , alongside Fiona Shaw and Simon Russell Beale.

Sparker


Definition:

  • (n.) A spark arrester.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The inhibition of oxygen uptake was less than that of (14)CO(2) formation, presumably because fumarate was used as a sparker.

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