League vs Yoke - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between league and yoke

is that league is a group or association of cooperating members while yoke is a bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

As verbs the difference between league and yoke

is that league is to form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support while yoke is to link or to join.

league

English

(wikipedia league)

Etymology 1

(etyl) ligg, from (etyl) ligue, from (etyl) lega, from the verb legare, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A group or association of cooperating members.

the League of Nations

* Denham

And let there be / 'Twixt us and them no league , nor amity.

An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.

My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League''' and the American '''League in baseball.

(informal) Rugby league.

Are you going to watch the league tonight?

Derived terms

* bush league * in a league of one's own * in league (with) * major league * minor league * non-league * out of one's league * seven-league boots

Verb

(leagu)

To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.

(South)

Etymology 2

From (m), possibly from (etyl).

Noun

(en noun)

(measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).

* M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47

Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.''

A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

References

* Online Etymology, league * Middle English Dictionary, lege

yoke

English

Noun

(en noun)

A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

* Alexander Pope

A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke, / Untamed, unconscious of the galling yoke .

A pair (of animals, especially oxen).

* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke XIV:

And another sayd: I have bought fyve yooke of oxen, and I must goo to prove them, I praye the have me excused.

A frame made to fit the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets, etc., one at each end of the frame.

A frame worn on the neck of an animal, such as a cow, pig, or goose, to prevent passage through a fence.

(figuratively) A burden; something which represses or restrains a person.

A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it.

The part of a shirt that stretches over the shoulders, usually made out of a doubled piece of fabric. Or, a pair of fabric panels on trousers (especially jeans) or a skirt, across the back of the garment below the waistband.

* 1913 ,

[...] this city child was dressed in what was then called the "Kate Greenaway" manner, and her red cashmere frock, gathered full from the yoke , came almost to the floor.

(bodybuilding) Well-developed muscles of the neck and shoulders.

* 2010 , Jim Wendler, "Build an NFL Neck", Men's Fitness (April), page 73.

Nothing says you're a dedicated lifter and true athlete more than a massive yoke —that is, the muscles of the neck, traps, and rear delts.

(aviation) The column-mounted of an aircraft.

(electronics) The electro-magnetic coil that deflects the electron beam in a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube).

(nautical) A fitting placed across the head of the rudder with a line attached at each end by which a boat may be steered. In modern use it is primarily found in sailing canoes and kayaks.

(agriculture, dated, uncommon) An alternative name for a cowpoke.

(glassblowing) A Y-shaped stand used to support a blowpipe or punty while reheating in the glory hole.

(engineering) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.

A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain.

(dressmaking) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt.

The amount of land ploughed in a day by a pair of oxen.

(Gardner)

A portion of the working day.

to work two yokes , i.e. to work both morning and afternoon

(Halliwell)

(informal, Ireland) A miscellaneous object; a gadget.

Synonyms

* (aviation) control wheel

Derived terms

* pass under the yoke * under the yoke

Verb

(yok)

To link or to join.

Muriel and Benjamin yoked themselves into an old governess-cart and did their share.

To unite, to connect.

* Bible, 2 Corinthians vi. 14

Be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers.

To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.

* Milton

Then were they yoked with garrisons.

* Hudibras

The words and promises that yoke / The conqueror are quickly broke.

Derived terms

* yoke together