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Jake vs Josh - What's the difference?

jake | josh |

As nouns the difference between jake and josh

is that jake is collar while josh is good natured banter.

As an interjection jake

is come.

As a verb josh is

to tease someone in a kindly fashion.

jake

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (slang) Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable.
  • *1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 126:
  • *:‘What do you care? Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake .’

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A juvenile male turkey.
  • * 1998 , Jerome B Robinson, In the Turkey Woods
    • The spring turkey woods are occupied by roaming bands of jakes — year-old males with strong mating urges but inferior body size.

    josh

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun) (wikipedia Josh)
  • A diminutive form of the male given name Joshua.
  • A city mentioned in the Book of Mormon

    • References

    * Definition 2: * Definition 2: English diminutives of male given names