hacker vs drudge

hacker and drudge both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hacker	Yes	No	No	No
drudge	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, hacker and drudge are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of hacker include hack.

hacker (noun)	drudge (noun)
one who works hard at boring tasks	a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm	one who works hard at boring tasks
someone who plays golf poorly

hacker (verb)	drudge (verb)
	work hard