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Japes vs Jakes - What's the difference?

japes | jakes |

As nouns the difference between japes and jakes

is that japes is plural of lang=en while jakes is a privy or latrine.

As a verb japes

is third-person singular of jape.

As a proper noun Jakes is

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japes

English

Noun

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    • Verb

    (head)
  • (jape)

    • Anagrams

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    jakes

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

  • (dated) A privy or latrine.
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    • whereas the truth-finder, having raked out that jakes , his own mind, and being there capable of tracing no ray of divinity, nor anything virtuous or good, or lovely, or loving, very fairly, honestly, and logically concludes that no such things exist in the whole creation.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)