The difference between Jest and Kid

When used as nouns, jest means an act performed for amusement, whereas kid means a young goat.

When used as verbs, jest means to tell a joke, whereas kid means to make a fool of (someone).


check bellow for the other definitions of Jest and Kid

  1. Jest as a noun (archaic):

    An act performed for amusement; a joke.

  2. Jest as a noun (archaic):

    Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.

    Examples:

    "Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court."

  3. Jest as a noun (obsolete):

    A deed; an action; a gest.

  4. Jest as a noun (obsolete):

    A mask; a pageant; an interlude.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Nares"

  1. Jest as a verb:

    To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

    Examples:

    "Surely you jest!"

  1. Jest as an adverb (AAVE, Southern US):

  1. Kid as a noun:

    A young goat.

    Examples:

    "He treated the oxen like they didn't exist, but he treated the goat kid like a puppy."

  2. Kid as a noun:

    Of a female goat, the state of being pregnant: in kid.

  3. Kid as a noun:

    Kidskin.

  4. Kid as a noun (uncountable):

    The meat of a young goat.

  5. Kid as a noun:

    A young antelope.

  6. Kid as a noun (informal):

    a child (usually), teenager, or young adult; a juvenile

    Examples:

    "She's a kid. It's normal for her to have imaginary friends."

  7. Kid as a noun (colloquial):

    An inexperienced person or one in a junior position.

  8. Kid as a noun (nautical):

    A small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Cooper"

  9. Kid as a noun (informal):

    A person whose childhood took place in a particular decade or area.

    Examples:

    "Only '90s kids will remember this toy."

    "He's been living in Los Angeles for years now, but he's a Florida kid."

  10. Kid as a noun (informal):

    One's son or daughter, regardless of age.

    Examples:

    "He was their youngest kid."

  11. Kid as a noun (in the vocative):

    Used as a form of address for a child, teenager or young adult

    Examples:

    "No, kid, you didn't do anything wrong; they did!"

  12. Kid as a noun (dated):

    A deception; an act of kidding somebody.

  1. Kid as a verb (transitive, colloquial):

    To make a fool of (someone).

  2. Kid as a verb (transitive, colloquial):

    To make a joke with (someone).

  3. Kid as a verb (intransitive):

    Of a goat, to give birth to kids.

  4. Kid as a verb (intransitive, colloquial):

    To joke.

    Examples:

    "You're kidding!"

    "Only kidding"

  1. Kid as a noun:

    A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Wright"