Collar vs. Choker: What's the Difference?

Collar and Choker Definitions
Collar
The part of a garment that encircles the neck, especially when raised or folded.
Choker
One that chokes or suffocates another.
Collar
See clerical collar.
Choker
A tight-fitting necklace.
Collar
A tight-fitting necklace.
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Choker
A high, tight collar.
Collar
A restraining or identifying band of leather, metal, or plastic put around the neck of an animal.
Choker
A narrow neckpiece of fur.
Collar
The cushioned part of a harness that presses against the shoulders of a draft animal.
Choker
A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.
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Collar
(Biology) An encircling structure or bandlike marking, as around the neck of an animal, suggestive of a collar.
Choker
One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.
Collar
Any of various ringlike devices used to limit, guide, or secure a machine part.
Choker
One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.
Collar
(Slang) An arrest, as of a criminal.
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Choker
(slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.
I lost £100 on the horses today — what a choker!
Collar
To furnish with a collar.
Choker
One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning.
Collar
To seize or detain.
Choker
A loop of cable fastened around a log to haul it.
Collar
To arrest (a criminal, for example).
Choker
One who, or that which, chokes.
Collar
Clothes that encircle the neck.
Choker
A stiff wide cravat; a stock.
Collar
The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
Choker
Someone who kills by strangling
Collar
A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
Choker
An unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation;
He could win if he wasn't a choker
Collar
A chain worn around the neck.
Choker
Necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
Collar
A similar detachable item.
Choker
A high tight collar
Collar
A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
Collar
A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
Make sure your dog has a collar holding an identification tag.
Collar
A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
Collar
(archaic) A hangman's knot.
Collar
A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
A collar of brawn
Collar
(technology) Any encircling device or structure.
A nylon collar kept the bolt from damaging the surface underneath.
Collar
(rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
Collar
(architecture) A ring or cincture.
Collar
(architecture) A collar beam.
Collar
(mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
Collar
(in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
Collar
(botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
Collar
A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
Collar
(nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
Collar
(slang) An arrest.
Collar
(finance) A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
Collar
(transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
Collar
(transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.
Collar and leash aggressive dogs.
Collar
(transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
Collar
(transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
Collar
To arrest.
Collar
To bind in conversation.
I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour.
Collar
(transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
Collar
To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
Collar
Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog.
Collar
A ring or cincture.
Collar
The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.
Collar
An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order.
Collar
A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus.
Collar
A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars.
Collar
An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
Collar
A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
Collar
To seize by the collar.
Collar
To put a collar on.
Collar
To arrest, as a wanted criminal. Same as put the collar on.
Collar
A band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
Collar
A band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
Collar
Necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
Collar
A figurative restraint;
Asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market
Kept a tight leash on his emotions
He's always gotten a long leash
Collar
The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);
The policeman on the beat got credit for the collar
Collar
Take into custody;
The police nabbed the suspected criminals
Collar
Seize by the neck or collar
Collar
Furnish with a collar;
Collar the dog