Collar vs. Choker

Collar vs. Choker — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Collar and Choker

Collarnoun

Anything that encircles the neck.

Chokernoun

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

Collarnoun

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.

Chokernoun

One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.

Collarnoun

A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.

Chokernoun

One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.

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Collarnoun

A chain worn around the neck.

Chokernoun

(slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.

I lost £100 on the horses today — what a choker!

Collarnoun

A similar detachable item.

Chokernoun

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

Collarnoun

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

Chokernoun

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

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Collarnoun

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.

Chokernoun

someone who kills by strangling

Collarnoun

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

Chokernoun

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

he could win if he wasn't a choker

Collarnoun

(archaic) A hangman's knot.

Chokernoun

necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck

Collarnoun

A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.

a collar of brawn

Chokernoun

a high tight collar

Collarnoun

(technology) Any encircling device or structure.

A nylon collar kept the bolt from damaging the surface underneath.

Collarnoun

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

Collarnoun

(architecture) A ring or cincture.

Collarnoun

(architecture) A collar beam.

Collarnoun

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

Collarnoun

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

Collarnoun

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

Collarnoun

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

Collarnoun

(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.

Collarnoun

(slang) An arrest.

Collarnoun

(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.

Collarverb

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

Collarverb

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

Collar and leash aggressive dogs.

Collarverb

(transitive) To seize, capture or detain.

Collarverb

(transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.

Collarverb

To arrest.

Collarverb

To bind in conversation.

I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour.

Collarverb

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

Collarverb

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

Collarnoun

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

Collarnoun

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

Collarnoun

necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck

Collarnoun

a figurative restraint;

asked for a collar on program trading in the stock marketkept a tight leash on his emotionshe's always gotten a long leash

Collarnoun

the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);

the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar

Collarverb

take into custody;

the police nabbed the suspected criminals

Collarverb

seize by the neck or collar

Collarverb

furnish with a collar;

collar the dog