Joker vs. King — What's the Difference?

A person who is fond of joking.

King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king.

A playing card, typically bearing the figure of a jester, used in some games as a wild card.

A male sovereign.

A clause unobtrusively inserted in a bill or document and affecting its operation in a way not immediately apparent.

One that is supreme or preeminent in a particular group, category, or sphere

One who tells or plays jokes.

A man chosen as the winner of a contest or the honorary head of an event

An insolent person who seeks to make a show of cleverness.

Abbr. K A playing card bearing the figure of a king, ranking above a queen.

(Informal) An annoying or inept person

Abbr. K The principal chess piece, which can move one square in any direction and must be protected against checkmate.

(Games) A playing card, usually printed with a picture of a jester, used in certain games as the highest-ranking card or as a wild card.

A piece in checkers that has been moved to the last row on the opponent's side of the board and been crowned, thus becoming free to move both forward and backward.

A clause that is included in a legislative bill or a contract in order to render the bill or contract inoperative or oppressive in some respect while appearing to be innocuous until the harm has been done.

Kings(used with a sing. verb) See Table at Bible.

An unforeseen but important difficulty, fact, or circumstance.

A king-size bed.

A deceptive means of getting the better of someone.

Principal or chief, as in size or importance.

A person who makes jokes.

Of or relating to a king-size bed

(slang) A funny person.

To make (a piece in checkers) into a king; crown.

A jester.

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

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.

A powerful or majorly influential person.

An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.

Something that has a preeminent position.

A man.

A component of certain games.

A clause in a contract that undermines its apparent provisions.

(chess) 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.

(military) A friendly unit that acts as a suspected hostile unit in a military excercise.

(card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.

One who makes jokes or jests.

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.

See Best bower, under 2d Bower.

The central pin or skittle in bowling games.

An extra card usually included in a deck of playing cards, having the same design as the others on the back, but on the face having a picture of a jester. It is not included in the deck used in most games, but in certain games may be included and then takes on a special value, such as the highest-valued card, or a wild card.

A king skin.

A clause placed in a document, such as a contract or a piece of legislation, not itself appearing significant, but in a subtle way substantially changing the effect of the document.

A male dragonfly; a drake.

Any fact or condition which is unknown or not apparent, which reverses an apparently advantageous position; a kicker.

A king-sized bed.

A person; a fellow; a chap; - usually used in a mildly disparaging sense; as, who's the joker who left the ice cream on the table?.

The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.

A person who enjoys telling or playing jokes

(graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.

A person who does something thoughtless or annoying;

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

To rule over as king.

To perform the duties of a king.

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

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.

To dress and perform as a drag king.

A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer.

A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince.

One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.

A playing card having the picture of a king{1}; as, the king of diamonds.

The chief piece in the game of chess.

A crowned man in the game of draughts.

The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.

To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty.

A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

A competitor who holds a preeminent position

A very wealthy or powerful businessman;

Preeminence in a particular category or group or field;

United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)

United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)

United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)

A checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward

One of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king

(chess) the weakest but the most important piece