Collar vs. Choker: What's the Difference?

The part of a garment that encircles the neck, especially when raised or folded.

One that chokes or suffocates another.

See clerical collar.

A tight-fitting necklace.

A tight-fitting necklace.

A high, tight collar.

A restraining or identifying band of leather, metal, or plastic put around the neck of an animal.

A narrow neckpiece of fur.

The cushioned part of a harness that presses against the shoulders of a draft animal.

A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.

(Biology) An encircling structure or bandlike marking, as around the neck of an animal, suggestive of a collar.

One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.

Any of various ringlike devices used to limit, guide, or secure a machine part.

One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.

(Slang) An arrest, as of a criminal.

(slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.

To furnish with a collar.

One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning.

To seize or detain.

A loop of cable fastened around a log to haul it.

To arrest (a criminal, for example).

One who, or that which, chokes.

Clothes that encircle the neck.

A stiff wide cravat; a stock.

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.

Someone who kills by strangling

A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.

An unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation;

A chain worn around the neck.

Necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck

A similar detachable item.

A high tight collar

A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.

A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.

A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.

(archaic) A hangman's knot.

A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.

(technology) Any encircling device or structure.

(rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.

(architecture) A ring or cincture.

(architecture) A collar beam.

(mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.

(in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.

(botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem

A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.

(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.

(slang) An arrest.

(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.

(transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.

(transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.

(transitive) To seize, capture or detain.

(transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.

To arrest.

To bind in conversation.

(transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.

To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.

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.

A ring or cincture.

The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.

An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order.

A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus.

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.

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.

A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.

To seize by the collar.

To put a collar on.

To arrest, as a wanted criminal. Same as put the collar on.

A band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over

A band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it

Necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck

A figurative restraint;

The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);

Take into custody;

Seize by the neck or collar

Furnish with a collar;