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bum vs poke

poke vs bum

bum and poke both are nouns.

bum is an adjective but poke is not an adjective.

bum and poke both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bum Yes Yes Yes No
poke Yes No Yes No
As nouns, poke is a hyponym of bum; that is, poke is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bum:
  • bum: person who does no work
  • poke: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
Other hyponyms of bum include clock watcher, couch potato, dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mope, dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, daydreamer, woolgatherer, goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account, lazybones, lie-abed, slugabed, loon, shirker, slacker, slug, sluggard, spiv, sunbather, trifler, whittler.
bum (noun) poke (noun)
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on (boxing) a blow with the fist
a vagrant a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
person who does no work someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
bum (adjective) poke (adjective)
of very poor quality; flimsy
bum (verb) poke (verb)
ask for and get free; be a parasite make a hole by poking
be lazy or idle poke or thrust abruptly
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
stir by poking
search or inquire in a meddlesome way
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