The difference between Jester and Joker

When used as nouns, jester means one who jests, jokes or mocks, whereas joker means a person who makes jokes.


check bellow for the other definitions of Jester and Joker

  1. Jester as a noun:

    One who jests, jokes or mocks.

  2. Jester as a noun:

    A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.

  1. Joker as a noun:

    A person who makes jokes.

  2. Joker as a noun (slang):

    A funny person.

  3. Joker as a noun:

    A jester.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: court jester foojester"

  4. Joker as a noun:

    A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: 🂿 🃏 🃟"

  5. Joker as a noun:

    An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.

    Examples:

    "Some joker keeps changing this web page."

  6. Joker as a noun (New Zealand, colloquial):

    A man.