different between bezique vs pinochle

English

Borrowed from French bésigue, of unknown origin.

bezique (countable and uncountable, plural beziques)

A trick-taking card game for two players.
The act of taking certain cards in this game: the queen of spades and jack of diamonds, or (if either of those suits is trumps) the queen of clubs and jack of hearts.

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pinochle (countable and uncountable, plural pinochles)

(card games) A card game, similar to bezique.
(card games) A meld of the jack of diamonds and queen of spades in that card game.

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