yokel vs rube

yokel and rube both are nouns.

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

As nouns, yokel and rube are synonyms defined as:

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

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

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