Collar vs. Choker
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.
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.
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 chokerCollarnoun
(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 brawnChokernoun
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 leashCollarnoun
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);
the policeman on the beat got credit for the collarCollarverb
take into custody;
the police nabbed the suspected criminalsCollarverb
seize by the neck or collar
Collarverb
furnish with a collar;
collar the dog
