The difference between Cracker and Hacker
When used as nouns, cracker means a dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers), whereas hacker means one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cracker and Hacker
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Cracker as a noun:
A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).
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Cracker as a noun:
A short piece of twisted string tied to the end of a whip that creates the distinctive sound when the whip is thrown or cracked.
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Cracker as a noun:
A firecracker.
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Cracker as a noun:
A person or thing that cracks, or that cracks a thing (e.g. whip cracker; nutcracker). The final section of certain whips, which is made of a short, thin piece of unravelled rope and produces a cracking sound.
Examples:
"synonyms: popper"
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Cracker as a noun:
A Christmas cracker.
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Cracker as a noun:
Refinery equipment used to pyrolyse organic feedstocks. If catalyst is used to aid pyrolysis it is informally called a cat-cracker
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Cracker as a noun (slang, chiefly, British):
A fine thing or person (crackerjack).
Examples:
"She's an absolute cracker! The show was a cracker!"
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Cracker as a noun:
An ambitious or hard-working person (i.e. someone who arises at the 'crack' of dawn).
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Cracker as a noun (computing):
One who cracks (i.e. overcomes) computer software or security restrictions.
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Cracker as a noun (obsolete):
A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow.
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Cracker as a noun (US, derogatory, racial slur):
An impoverished white person from the southeastern United States, originally associated with Georgia and parts of Florida; any white person.
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Cracker as a noun (US, Florida, slang, derogatory):
A police officer.
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Cracker as a noun:
A northern pintail, species of dabbling duck.
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Cracker as a noun (obsolete):
A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.
Examples:
"rfquotek Knight"
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Hacker as a noun (computing):
One who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer.
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Hacker as a noun (computing):
One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data, or to carry out malicious attacks.
Examples:
"synonyms: cracker q1=outside US"
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Hacker as a noun (computing):
A computer security professional.
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Hacker as a noun:
Something that hacks; a tool or device for hacking.
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Hacker as a noun (UK, regional):
A fork-shaped tool used to harvest root vegetables.
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Hacker as a noun:
Someone who hacks. Particularly, one who cuts with rough or heavy blows. Particularly, one who kicks wildly or roughly. Particularly, one who is consistent and focuses on accomplishing a task or several tasks.
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Hacker as a noun (US):
One who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially a sport such as golf or tennis.
Examples:
"a tennis hacker'"
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Hacker as a noun (US):
One who operates a taxicab