flanker vs flank

flanker and flank both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flanker	Yes	No	No	No
flank	Yes	No	Yes	No

flanker (noun)	flank (noun)
a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation	the side between ribs and hipbone
a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver	a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
	the side of military or naval formation
	a subfigure consisting of a side of something

flanker (verb)	flank (verb)
	be located at the sides of something or somebody