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Wrestler vs Yokozuna - What's the difference?

wrestler | yokozuna |

As nouns the difference between wrestler and yokozuna

is that wrestler is (wrestling) a person who wrestles while yokozuna is (sumo) the highest rank of sumo wrestler, above ozeki; a grand champion.

wrestler

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (wrestling) A person who wrestles.
  • * 2005 , .
    • it isn't easy to avoid all the wrestler ´s holds.

    References

    * Wrestler. MacMillian Dictionary. Access date: 29 October 2011. [http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/wrestler] English agent nouns

    yokozuna

    English

    (wikipedia yokozuna)

    Noun

    (yokozuna)
  • (sumo) The highest rank of sumo wrestler, above ozeki; a grand champion.
  • * 1997', A '''''yokozuna'' is the very highest rank in sumo – “just like Mameha's position in Gion,” as Nobu explained it to me. I had no reason to doubt him; but if Mameha ever took half as much time entering a party as these ''yokozuna'' took entering the ring, she'd certainly never be invited back. — Arthur Golden, ''Memoirs of a Geisha (Vintage 1998, p. 202)

    • Usage notes

    * Technically, yokozuna is an honorary title, rather than a rank.