deuce vs yoke

deuce and yoke both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deuce	Yes	No	No	No
yoke	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, yoke is a hyponym of deuce; that is, yoke is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deuce:

deuce: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
yoke: two items of the same kind

Other hyponyms of deuce include craps, snake eyes, brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome.

deuce (noun)	yoke (noun)
one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots	stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team
a word used in exclamations of confusion	fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number	a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game	support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end
	a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke
	two items of the same kind
	an oppressive power

deuce (verb)	yoke (verb)
	put a yoke on or join with a yoke
	link with or as with a yoke
	become joined or linked together