Difference between Berserk and Berserker

What is the difference between Berserk and Berserker?

Berserk as a noun is a crazed norse warrior who fought in a frenzy. while Berserker as a noun is one of a class of legendary norse warriors who fought frenzied and shirtless regardless of wounds (possibly due to ingestion of psychotropic and hallucinatory drugs such as fly agaric mushrooms).

Berserk

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control.

Berserker

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One of a class of legendary Norse warriors who fought frenzied and shirtless regardless of wounds (possibly due to ingestion of psychotropic and hallucinatory drugs such as Fly Agaric Mushrooms).One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.

We hope you now know whether to use Berserk or Berserker in your sentence.

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