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Yoking vs Poking - What's the difference?

yoking | poking |

As verbs the difference between yoking and poking

is that yoking is while poking is .

As nouns the difference between yoking and poking

is that yoking is the act or period of something being yoked while poking is the act by which something is poked.

yoking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or period of something being yoked.
  • * 1807 , The Complete Farmer
    • five hours, or five hours and a half, in short days, is considered to be as much as horses are capable of sustaining, and yokings of this duration require no refreshment on the ground.

    poking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is poked.
  • *
    • perfunctory proddings and pokings