Difference between Laughingstock and Stooge

What is the difference between Laughingstock and Stooge?

Laughingstock as a noun is an object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; a butt of sport. while Stooge as a noun is one who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit.

Laughingstock

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; a butt of sport.

Stooge

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit.A straight man

We hope you now know whether to use Laughingstock or Stooge in your sentence.

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