Angler vs. Mangler

Anglernoun

A person who fishes with a hook and line.

Anglernoun

An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.

Anglernoun

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

Anglernoun

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

Anglernoun

One who angles.

Anglernoun

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.

Anglernoun

a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage

Anglernoun

a fisherman who uses a hook and line

Anglernoun

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

Anglernoun

a person who fishes with a rod and line

Anglernoun

short for anglerfish

Manglernoun

One who mangles laundry.

Manglernoun

One who mangles or mutilates.

Manglernoun

One who mangles or tears in cutting; one who mutilates any work in doing it.

Manglernoun

One who smooths with a mangle.

Manglernoun

a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples