Harlequin vs. Jester

Harlequin vs. Jester — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Harlequin and Jester

Harlequinnoun

A pantomime fool, typically dressed in checkered colorful clothes.

Jesternoun

One who jests, jokes or mocks.

Harlequinnoun

A greenish-chartreuse color.

Jesternoun

A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.

Harlequinnoun

(informal) A harlequin duck.

Jesternoun

a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages

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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

(transitive) To remove or conjure away, as if by a harlequin's trick.

Harlequinverb

(intransitive) To make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.

Harlequinnoun

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

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Harlequinverb

variegate with spots or marks;

His face was harlequined with patches