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Leatherneck vs Redneck - What's the difference?

leatherneck | redneck |

In slang|lang=en terms the difference between leatherneck and redneck

is that leatherneck is (slang) a soldier while redneck is (slang) the nickname given to miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the west virginia mine war of 1921 [http://wwwwvcultureorg/history/minewarshtml west virginia division of culture and history].

As nouns the difference between leatherneck and redneck

is that leatherneck is (slang) a soldier while redneck is (slang|pejorative) an uneducated, unsophisticated, or poor caucasian person, typically used to describe residents (of any gender[http://wwwhit-country-music-lyricscom/redneck-woman-lyricshtml country music lyrics new country tunes]) of the rural southern us.

leatherneck

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang) A soldier.
  • (US) Specifically, a marine.
  • *2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 318:
  • *:The Marine Corps has instituted a martial-arts program in which leathernecks are indoctrinated in a new code of honor, the Ethical Marine Warrior.

    • redneck

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, pejorative) An uneducated, unsophisticated, or poor caucasian person, typically used to describe residents (of any gender Country Music Lyrics New Country Tunes) of the rural Southern US.
  • (slang) The nickname given to miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921. West Virginia Division of Culture and History
  • (UK, archaic) The nickname given to Roman Catholics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

    • Synonyms

    * cracker, hick, hillbilly, peckerwood, white trash

    Derived terms

    * redneckish * redneckism * rednecky

    References

    English ethnic slurs