The difference between Jack and King

When used as nouns, jack means a mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, e.g. screw jack, scissor jack, hydraulic jack, ratchet jack, scaffold jack, whereas king means a male monarch.

When used as verbs, jack means to use a jack, whereas king means to crown king, to make (a person) king.

check bellow for the other definitions of Jack and King

  1. Jack as a noun:

    A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, e.g. screw jack, scissor jack, hydraulic jack, ratchet jack, scaffold jack.

    Examples:

    "She used a jack to lift her car and changed the tire."

  2. Jack as a noun:

    A man or men in general.

    Examples:

    "Every man jack''."

  3. Jack as a noun:

    A male animal.

  4. Jack as a noun:

    A male ass.

  5. Jack as a noun (card games):

    A playing card with the letter "J" and the image of a knave or prince on it, the eleventh card in a given suit. Also called a .

  6. Jack as a noun (cricket, by extension):

    The eleventh batsman to come to the crease in an innings.

  7. Jack as a noun (archaic):

    A knave (a servant or later, a deceitful man).

  8. Jack as a noun (sports):

    A target ball in bowls, etc; a jack-ball.

  9. Jack as a noun (games):

    A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks.

  10. Jack as a noun (colloquial, euphemistic):

    Nothing, jack shit.

    Examples:

    "You haven't done jack. Get up and get this room cleaned up right now!"

  11. Jack as a noun (nautical):

    A small flag at the bow of a ship.

  12. Jack as a noun (nautical):

    A naval ensign flag flown from the main mast, mizzen mast, or the aft-most major mast of (especially) British sailing warships; Union Jack.

  13. Jack as a noun (military):

    A coarse and cheap medieval coat of defense, especially one made of leather.

  14. Jack as a noun:

    A penny with a head on both sides, used for cheating.

  15. Jack as a noun (slang):

    Money.

  16. Jack as a noun (slang, Appalachians):

    A smooth often ovoid large gravel or small cobble in a natural water course.

  17. Jack as a noun:

    , related to the mango tree.

  18. Jack as a noun:

    The freshwater pike, or pickerel.

  19. Jack as a noun:

    A large California rockfish, the bocaccio, .

  20. Jack as a noun:

    Any of the marine fish in the family Carangidae.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: jack mackerel"

  21. Jack as a noun (obsolete, nautical):

    A sailor, a jacktar.

  22. Jack as a noun (obsolete):

    A pitcher or can of waxed leather, supposed to resemble a jackboot; a black-jack.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek John Dryden"

  23. Jack as a noun (UK, dialect, obsolete):

    A drinking measure holding half a pint or, sometimes, a quarter of a pint.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Halliwell"

  24. Jack as a noun (mining):

    A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine. A device to pull off boots. A sawhorse or sawbuck. A machine for turning a spit; a smokejack. A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting. A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles in a knitting machine. A grating to separate and guide the threads in a warping machine; a heck box. A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine. A compact, portable machine for planing metal. A machine for slicking or pebbling leather. A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed. A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught. In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; also called hopper. In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself. A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; also called jack crosstree.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek C. Hallock"

    "rfquotek R. H. Dana, Jr"

  25. Jack as a noun:

    A surface-mounted connector for electrical, especially telecommunications, equipment.

    Examples:

    "telephone jack"

  26. Jack as a noun:

    Female ended electrical connector (see Electrical connector)

    Examples:

    "synonyms: socket"

  27. Jack as a noun:

    Electrical connector in a fixed position (see Gender of connectors and fasteners)

  1. Jack as a verb (transitive):

    To use a jack.

    Examples:

    "He jacked the car up so that he could replace the brake pads."

  2. Jack as a verb (transitive):

    To raise or increase.

    Examples:

    "If you want to jack your stats you just write off failures as invalid results."

  3. Jack as a verb:

    To produce by freeze distillation; to distil (an alcoholic beverage) by freezing it and removing the ice (which is water), leaving the alcohol (which remains liquid).

  4. Jack as a verb (transitive, colloquial):

    To steal something, typically an automobile. Shortened form of carjacking.

    Examples:

    "Someone jacked my car last night!"

  5. Jack as a verb (intransitive):

    To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.

  1. Jack as a noun (slang, baseball):

    A home run.

  1. Jack as a verb (transitive, slang, baseball):

    To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.

  1. Jack as a noun:

    A coarse mediaeval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.

  1. Jack as a noun:

    A jackfruit tree.

  1. King as a noun:

    A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.

    Examples:

    "Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547."

  2. King as a noun:

    A powerful or majorly influential person.

    Examples:

    "Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media"."

  3. King as a noun:

    Something that has a preeminent position.

    Examples:

    "In times of financial panic, cash is king."

  4. King as a noun (chess):

    A component of certain games. The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top. A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit. A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.

  5. King as a noun (UK, slang):

    A king skin.

    Examples:

    "Oi mate, have you got kings?"

  6. King as a noun:

    A male dragonfly; a drake.

  7. King as a noun:

    A king-sized bed.

  1. King as a verb:

    To crown king, to make (a person) king.

  2. King as a verb:

    To rule over as king.

  3. King as a verb:

    To perform the duties of a king.

  4. King as a verb:

    To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.

  5. King as a verb:

    To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.

  6. King as a verb:

    To dress and perform as a drag king.

  1. King as a noun:

    (Chinese musical instrument)

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