Geek
Geek noun - A person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits.
Hacker
Hacker noun - A person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information.
Usage example: the company's security experts spent days trying to figure out how a hacker could have gotten past the firewall
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Likewise, the team hacker Leon is pretty clear about his nerd/geek status, and about the advantages it grants him.
Source: Proud to Be a Geek -
In spite of spending his life coding in his hacker cave, he dresses and behaves normally and has no apparent interest in stereotypical geek culture.
Source: Series / Continuum -
Dr. Walter Hartford of Galaxy Rangers fits a lot of the usual definitions for a geek; highly educated, computer hacker, fast mouth, and fond of pop culture references.
Source: Give Geeks a Chance
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