Joker vs Jolly - What's the difference?
joker | jolly |
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.
Full of high and merry spirits; jovial.
(British) a pleasure trip or excursion
To amuse or divert.
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As nouns the difference between joker and jolly
is that joker is a person who makes jokes while jolly is a pleasure trip or excursion.As an adjective jolly is
full of high and merry spirits; jovial.As an adverb jolly is
very, extremely.As a verb jolly is
to amuse or divert.As a proper noun Jolly is
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English
(wikipedia joker)Noun
(en noun)- Some joker keeps changing this web page.
Synonyms
* (jester ): court jester, fool, jesterSee also
*See also
* * * ----jolly
English
Adjective
(er)Noun
(jollies)Derived terms
* jolly wellVerb
Derived terms
* jolly someone alongReferences
JOLLYin the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, vol. 15, p. 495. English degree adverbs ----