The difference between Rapscallion and Tinker
When used as nouns, rapscallion means a rascal, scamp, rogue, or scoundrel, whereas tinker means an itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
Rapscallion is also adjective with the meaning: roguish, disreputable.
Tinker is also verb with the meaning: to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
check bellow for the other definitions of Rapscallion and Tinker
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Rapscallion as a noun:
A rascal, scamp, rogue, or scoundrel.
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Rapscallion as an adjective:
Roguish, disreputable.
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Tinker as a noun:
An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
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Tinker as a noun (dated, chiefly, British, and, Irish, offensive):
A member of the Irish Traveller community. A gypsy.
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Tinker as a noun (usually with "little"):
A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
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Tinker as a noun:
Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
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Tinker as a noun:
The act of repair or invention.
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Tinker as a noun (military, obsolete):
A hand mortar.
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Tinker as a noun:
Any of various fish: the , the silverside, the skate, or a young mackerel about two years old.
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Tinker as a noun:
A bird, the razor-billed auk.
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Tinker as a verb (intransitive):
To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
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Tinker as a verb (intransitive):
To work as a tinker.