The difference between Bloke and Guy
When used as nouns, bloke means a man, a fellow, whereas guy means an effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the gunpowder plot (5th november).
Guy is also verb with the meaning: to exhibit an effigy of guy fawkes around the 5th november.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bloke and Guy
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Bloke as a noun (British, informal):
A man, a fellow; an ordinary man, a man on the street.
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Bloke as a noun (UK):
a man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner.
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Bloke as a noun (now, _, chiefly, Quebec, colloquial):
An anglophone man.
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Bloke as a noun (Australia):
An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype.
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Guy as a noun (British):
An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
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Guy as a noun (dated):
A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".
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Guy as a noun (colloquial):
A man, fellow.
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Guy as a noun (especially, in the plural):
A person .
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Guy as a noun (colloquial, of animals and sometimes objects):
Thing, creature.
Examples:
"The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy."
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Guy as a noun (colloquial, figuratively):
Thing, unit.
Examples:
"This guy, here, controls the current, and this guy, here, measures the voltage."
"This guy is the partial derivative of that guy with respect to x."
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Guy as a noun (informal, term of address):
Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.
Examples:
"Hey, guy, give a man a break, would ya?"
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Guy as a verb (intransitive):
To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
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Guy as a verb (transitive):
To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
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Guy as a verb (theatre, transitive):
To play in a comedic manner.
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Guy as a noun (obsolete, rare):
A guide; a leader or conductor.
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Guy as a noun (primarily, nautical):
A support rope or cable used to guide, steady or secure something which is being hoisted or lowered.
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Guy as a noun (primarily, nautical):
A support to secure or steady something prone to shift its position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension-bridge).
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Guy as a verb:
To equip with a support cable.