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Joking vs Poking - What's the difference?

joking | poking |

As verbs the difference between joking and poking

is that joking is present participle of lang=en while poking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between joking and poking

is that joking is the act of telling or engaging in jokes while poking is the act by which something is poked.

joking

English

Verb

(head)
  • (British, US, Ireland, colloquial, transitive) Kidding, trying to fool.
    • Twenty euros cover charge? You're joking me!

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of telling or engaging in jokes.
  • * Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
    • No low beatings and knockings about, no jokings and squeakings like your precious Punches, but always the same, with a constantly unchanging air of coldness and gentility

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    poking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is poked.
  • *
    • perfunctory proddings and pokings