Pinochle vs. Bezique — What's the Difference?

Pinochle (English: ), also called pinocle or penuchle, is a trick-taking, Ace-Ten card game typically for two to four players and played with a 48-card deck. It is derived from the card game bezique; players score points by trick-taking and also by forming combinations of cards into melds.

Bezique () or Bésigue (French: [beziɡ]) is a 19th-century French melding and trick-taking card game for two players. The game is derived from Piquet, possibly via Marriage (Sixty-six) and Briscan, with additional scoring features, notably the peculiar liaison of the Q♠ and J♦ that is also a feature of Pinochle, Binokel, and similarly named games that vary by country.

A game of cards for two to four persons, played with a special deck of 48 cards, with points being scored by taking tricks and forming certain combinations.

A trick-taking card game for two players that is played with a special deck of 64 cards consisting of the 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, and A cards from two different decks.

The combination of the queen of spades and jack of diamonds in this game.

The combination of the queen of spades and the jack of diamonds in this game, worth 40 points.

(card games) A card game, similar to bezique.

A trick-taking card game for two players.

(card games) A meld of the jack of diamonds and queen of spades in that card game.

The act of taking certain cards in this game: the queen of spades and jack of diamonds, or (if either of those suits is trumps) the queen of clubs and jack of hearts.

A game at cards, played with forty-eight cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs.

A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points.

A card game played with a 48-card pack (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist

A card game played with a 48-card pack (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist