The difference between Rogue and Tinker
When used as nouns, rogue means a scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person, whereas tinker means an itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
When used as verbs, rogue means to cull, whereas tinker means to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
Rogue is also adjective with the meaning: vicious and solitary.
check bellow for the other definitions of Rogue and Tinker
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Rogue as a noun:
A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
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Rogue as a noun:
A mischievous scamp.
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Rogue as a noun:
A vagrant.
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Rogue as a noun (computing):
Deceitful software pretending to be anti-spyware, but in fact being malicious software itself.
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Rogue as a noun:
An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
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Rogue as a noun:
A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
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Rogue as a noun (role-playing games):
A focusing on conduct.
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Rogue as an adjective (of an animal, especially an elephant):
Vicious and solitary.
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Rogue as an adjective (by extension):
Large, destructive and unpredictable.
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Rogue as an adjective (by extension):
Deceitful, unprincipled.
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Rogue as an adjective:
Mischievous, unpredictable.
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Rogue as a verb (horticulture):
To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination.
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Rogue as a verb (transitive, dated):
To cheat.
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Rogue as a verb (obsolete):
To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
Examples:
"rfquotek Cudworth"
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Rogue as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
Examples:
"rfquotek Edmund Spenser"
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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.