rube vs yokel

rube and yokel both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rube	Yes	No	No	No
yokel	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, rube and yokel are synonyms defined as:

rube and yokel: a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

Other synonyms of rube include bumpkin, chawbacon, hayseed, hick, yahoo.

rube (noun)	yokel (noun)
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture	a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture