Clown vs Joker - What's the difference?
clown | joker |
A performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig and who performs slapstick.
A person who acts in a silly fashion.
(UK) A stupid person.
(obsolete) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.
(obsolete) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.
* Cowper
A person who makes jokes.
(slang) A funny person.
A jester.
A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.
An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.
(New Zealand, colloquial) A man.
Joker is a synonym of clown.
As nouns the difference between clown and joker
is that clown is a performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig and who performs slapstick while joker is a person who makes jokes.As a verb clown
is to act in a silly fashion.clown
English
Noun
(wikipedia clown) (en noun)- (Sir Philip Sidney)
- The clown , the child of nature, without guile.
Synonyms
* (performance artist working in a circus) * (person who acts in a silly fashion) buffoon, foolDerived terms
* clown doctor * clownfish * clownishDerived terms
* clown about (British) * clown aroundSee also
* coulrophobia * jester * jackpudding ----joker
English
(wikipedia joker)Noun
(en noun)- Some joker keeps changing this web page.