Difference between Donkey and Jackass

What is the difference between Donkey and Jackass?

Donkey as a noun is a domestic animal, equus asinus, similar to a horse. while Jackass as a noun is a jack and an ace as a starting hand in texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity

Donkey

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A domestic animal, Equus asinus, similar to a horse. A stubborn person. A fool. A small auxiliary engine, also called donkey engine.

Jackass

Part of speech: proper noun

Definition: A jack and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A male donkey.A foolish or stupid person.An inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To behave very obnoxiously.

We hope you now know whether to use Donkey or Jackass in your sentence.

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