Yokel vs. Hayseed — What's the Difference?

Yokel is one of several derogatory terms referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. The term is of uncertain etymology and is only attributed from the early 19th century.Yokels are depicted as straightforward, simple, naïve, and easily deceived, failing to see through false pretenses.

Grass seed shaken out of hay.

A rustic; a bumpkin.

Pieces of chaff or straw that fall from hay.

(pejorative) A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated and/or naive.

(Informal) An unsophisticated person from a rural area; a bumpkin.

A country bumpkin.

Seeds from grass that has become hay.

Not very intelligent or interested in culture

Cruft from bits of hay that sticks to clothing, etc.

(countable) A rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin.

Characteristic of or befitting a hayseed (person); rustic, uncultivated, backwater.

A rural, unsophisticated person; also used in an extended sense for one who is not very intelligent or uninterested in culture.

Seed from grass, especially that which falls out of hay.

Not very intelligent or interested in culture