Difference between Monger and Hawk

What is the difference between Monger and Hawk?

Monger as a verb is to sell or peddle something while Hawk as a verb is to hunt with a hawk.

Monger

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To sell or peddle something

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A dealer in a specific commodity, normally used in combination A person promoting something undesirable, always used in combination

Hawk

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To hunt with a hawk.To sell.To forcibly attempt to cough up (phlegm).To clear the throat loudly.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae.An advocate of aggressive political positions.A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.

Example sentence: Japan today has become acquainted with the Western civilization of the rule of Might, but retains the characteristics of the Oriental civilization of the rule of Right. Now the question remains whether Japan will be the hawk of the Western civilization of the rule of Might, or the tower of strength of the Orient.

We hope you now know whether to use Monger or Hawk in your sentence.

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