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
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Jester as a noun:
One who jests, jokes or mocks.
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Jester as a noun:
A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
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Joker as a noun:
A person who makes jokes.
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Joker as a noun (slang):
A funny person.
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Joker as a noun:
A jester.
Examples:
"synonyms: court jester foojester"
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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: 🂿 🃏 🃟"
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Joker as a noun:
An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.
Examples:
"Some joker keeps changing this web page."
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Joker as a noun (New Zealand, colloquial):
A man.