Hick vs. Yokel
Difference Between Hick and Yokel
Hick➦
Hick is a surname or a nickname.
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Yokel➦
Yokel is one of several derogatory terms referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. The term is of uncertain etymology and is only attributed from the early 19th century.Yokels are depicted as straightforward, simple, naïve, and easily deceived, failing to see through false pretenses.
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Hick➦
A person regarded as unsophisticated, gullible, or coarse from having lived in the country
"New Yorkers had a horrid way of making people feel like hicks" (Louis Auchincloss).
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Yokel➦
A rustic; a bumpkin.
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Hick➦
Provincial; unsophisticated
a hick town.
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Yokel➦
(pejorative) A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated and/or naive.
They love the scenery near their summer home, but have no desire to mix with the local yokels.
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Hick➦
(pejorative) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
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Yokel➦
A country bumpkin.
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Hick➦
To hiccup.
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Yokel➦
not very intelligent or interested in culture
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Hick➦
A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture; a hayseed.
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Hick➦
rural. Opposite of urban.
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Hick➦
characteristic of rural people, especially those not knowledgeable about matters outside their locality; as, hick ideas; a hick town.
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Hick➦
not very intelligent or interested in culture
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Hick➦
awkwardly simple and provincial;
bumpkinly country boys
rustic farmers
a hick town
the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists
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