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Yodel vs Yokel - What's the difference?

yodel | yokel |

As nouns the difference between yodel and yokel

is that yodel is such a song while yokel is (pejorative) an unsophisticated person.

As a verb yodel

is (transitive|and|intransitive) to sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.

yodel

English

Verb

  • (transitive, and, intransitive) To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Such a song.
  • yokel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative) An unsophisticated person.
  • A person of rural background.
  • Synonyms

    * boor * bumpkin * joskin * hillbilly (US) * hick

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