The difference between a clown and a clown

Clowns and clowns have different meanings and usages in Chinese.

1 and joker are just nouns, meaning "clown, fool, lame, trump card", which can be used as neutral words or even commendatory words and tend to refer to ancient jesters. Clown can be used as a noun and intransitive verb, meaning "clown, fool, acting like a fool". It is a neutral word, with no praise or disparagement, and mainly refers to people whose behavior is absurd and funny.

2.joker, as a countable noun, means clown, clown, fool, loser and wild (big or small) trump card (in some card games). As a noun, it means clown, clown and fool, and as an intransitive verb, it means to make a stupid appearance (especially to make people laugh on purpose).