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Hoker vs Choker - What's the difference?

hoker | choker |

As nouns the difference between hoker and choker

is that hoker is scorn; derision; abusive talk while choker is (jewelry or accessory)A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace, tight to the throat.

hoker

English

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete) scorn; derision; abusive talk
    • (Chaucer)

    Derived terms

    * hokerly (Webster 1913) ----

    choker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace, tight to the throat.
  • * 2010 , Alice Fisher, The Observer , 24 Oct 2010:
    • She appears on the 90th anniversary issue of French Vogue wearing nothing but a mask, gloves and a choker – everything but her now iconic gap-toothed pout and impressive cleavage is obscured.
  • One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.
  • One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.
  • (slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.
    • I lost £100 on the horses today — what a choker!
  • One who performs badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when winning.

    • Synonyms

    * (one who chokes another) strangler * bummer, downer, pisser