Joker vs. Harlequin

Jokernoun

A person who makes jokes.

Jokernoun

(slang) A funny person.

Jokernoun

A jester.

Jokernoun

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.

Jokernoun

An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.

Jokernoun

A man.

Jokernoun

One who makes jokes or jests.

Jokernoun

See Best bower, under 2d Bower.

Jokernoun

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.

Jokernoun

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.

Jokernoun

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

Jokernoun

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?.

Jokernoun

a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes

Jokernoun

a person who does something thoughtless or annoying;

Jokernoun

a person who is fond of joking.

Jokernoun

a foolish or inept person

Jokernoun

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

Jokernoun

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

Harlequinnoun

A pantomime fool, typically dressed in checkered colorful clothes.

Harlequinnoun

A greenish-chartreuse color.

Harlequinnoun

(informal) A harlequin duck.

Harlequinnoun

(entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila.

Harlequinadjective

Brightly colored, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes.

Harlequinadjective

Of a greenish-chartreuse color.

Harlequinverb

(intransitive) To make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.

Harlequinnoun

A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy.

Harlequinverb

To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.

Harlequinverb

To remove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.

Harlequinnoun

a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)

Harlequinverb

variegate with spots or marks;

Harlequin

Harlequin (; Italian: Arlecchino [arlekˈkiːno]) is the best-known of the zanni or comic servant characters from the Italian commedia dell'arte. The role is traditionally believed to have been introduced by Zan Ganassa in the late 16th century, was definitively popularized by the Italian actor Tristano Martinelli in Paris in 1584–1585, and became a stock character after Martinelli's death in 1630.