idler vs poke

idler and poke both are nouns.

idler is not a verb while poke is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
idler	Yes	No	No	No
poke	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

idler: person who does no work
poke: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

Other hyponyms of idler 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.

idler (noun)	poke (noun)
person who does no work	(boxing) a blow with the fist
	a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
	a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
	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

idler (verb)	poke (verb)
	make a hole by poking
	poke or thrust abruptly
	hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
	stir by poking
	search or inquire in a meddlesome way

Difference between idler and poke

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