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Joker vs Hoker - What's the difference?

joker | hoker |

As nouns the difference between joker and hoker

is that joker is a person who makes jokes while hoker is scorn; derision; abusive talk.

joker

English

(wikipedia joker)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • Some joker keeps changing this web page.
  • (New Zealand, colloquial) A man.

    • Synonyms

    * (jester ): court jester, fool, jester

    Related terms

    * joke

    See also

    *

    See also

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    hoker

    English

    Noun

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

    Derived terms

    * hokerly (Webster 1913) ----